Lack of torpor in free-ranging southern lesser galagos, Galago moholi: Ecological and physiological considerations

Folia Primatologica

Volumn 77, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 465-476

  Mzilikazi, Nomakwezi ^a,c   Masters, Judith C ^a,b   Lovegrove, Barry G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KWAZULU NATAL   (South Africa)

^b NATAL MUSEUM   (South Africa)

^c NELSON MANDELA METROPOLITAN UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Body temperature; Dispersal; Galago moholi; Heterothermy; Torpor

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BODY TEMPERATURE; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; FEMALE; GALAGIDAE; MALE; PHYSIOLOGY; PROSIMIAN; SEASON; SOUTH AFRICA; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; THERMOREGULATION; TROPIC CLIMATE;

ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; ANIMALS; BODY TEMPERATURE; BODY TEMPERATURE REGULATION; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; FEMALE; GALAGO; MALE; SEASONS; SOUTH AFRICA; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; TROPICAL CLIMATE;

ANIMALIA; CHEIROGALEIDAE; GALAGO MOHOLI; GALAGONIDAE; PRIMATES; STREPSIRHINI;

EID: 33750201036     PISSN: 00155713     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000095392     Document Type: Article

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