Sensory basis of food detection in wild Microcebus murinus

International Journal of Primatology

Volumn 28, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 291-304

  Siemers, Björn M ^a,e   Goerlitz, Holger R ^a   Robsomanitrandrasana, Eric ^b   Piep, Marcus ^c   Ramanamanjato, Jean Baptiste ^d   Rakotondravony, Daniel ^b   Ramilijaona, Olga ^b   Ganzhorn, Jörg U ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ANTANANARIVO   (Madagascar)

^c UNIVERSITY OF HAMBURG   (Germany)

^d QIT Madagascar Minerals ^*  (Madagascar)

^e MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR ORNITHOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Auditory; Foraging; Olfactory; Prey detection; Primates; Sensory ecology; Visual

Indexed keywords

AUDITORY CUE; CAPTIVITY; NOCTURNAL ACTIVITY; OLFACTORY CUE; PREY SELECTION; PRIMATE; SENSORY SYSTEM; VISUAL CUE; WILD POPULATION;

INDIAN OCEAN; INDIAN OCEAN ISLANDS; MADAGASCAR;

ARTHROPODA; HEXAPODA; LEMURIDAE; MICROCEBUS; MICROCEBUS MURINUS; PRIMATES; STREPSIRHINI;

EID: 33846190357     PISSN: 01640291     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10764-007-9135-7     Document Type: Article

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