Avoiding predators at night: Antipredator strategies in red-tailed sportive lemurs (Lepilemur ruficaudatus)

American Journal of Primatology

Volumn 69, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 611-624

  Fichtel, Claudia ^a  

^a GERMAN PRIMATE CENTER   (Germany)

Author keywords

Alarm calls; Antipredator behavior; Nocturnal primates; Playback experiments; Sportive lemurs

Indexed keywords

ANTIPREDATOR DEFENSE; BEHAVIORAL RESPONSE; CRYPSIS; ESCAPE BEHAVIOR; FORAGING BEHAVIOR; MOBBING; PRIMATE; SIGNALING; VOCALIZATION;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMAL; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL COMMUNICATION; ARTICLE; AUDITORY STIMULATION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ESCAPE BEHAVIOR; MADAGASCAR; PHYSIOLOGY; PREDATION; PROSIMIAN; SOUND DETECTION;

ACOUSTIC STIMULATION; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMAL COMMUNICATION; ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; ESCAPE REACTION; LEMURIDAE; MADAGASCAR; PREDATORY BEHAVIOR; SOUND SPECTROGRAPHY;

INDIAN OCEAN; INDIAN OCEAN ISLANDS; MADAGASCAR;

LEMURIDAE; LEPILEMUR RUFICAUDATUS; PRIMATES; STREPSIRHINI;

EID: 34250020815     PISSN: 02752565     EISSN: 10982345     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ajp.20363     Document Type: Article

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