Behavioral thermoregulation of wild Japanese macaques: Comparisons between two subpopulations

American Journal of Primatology

Volumn 69, Issue 7, 2007, Pages 802-815

  Hanya, Goro ^a   Kiyono, Mieko ^a   Hayaishi, Shuhei ^b  

^a KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF THE RYUKYUS   (Japan)

Author keywords

Acclimatization; Huddling; Macaca fuscata; Sunbathing; Yakushima

Indexed keywords

AIR TEMPERATURE; BEHAVIORAL RESPONSE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONIFEROUS FOREST; HABITAT SELECTION; MICROHABITAT; THERMOREGULATION;

ACCLIMATIZATION; ANIMAL; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ARTICLE; CLIMATE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; MACACA; PHYSIOLOGY; SEASON; SKIN TEMPERATURE; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; THERMOREGULATION;

ACCLIMATIZATION; ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; BODY TEMPERATURE REGULATION; CLIMATE; MACACA; SEASONS; SKIN TEMPERATURE; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR;

ASIA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; JAPAN; KAGOSHIMA [KYUSHU]; KYUSHU; YAKUSHIMA;

MACACA; MACACA FUSCATA;

EID: 34547112806     PISSN: 02752565     EISSN: 10982345     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ajp.20397     Document Type: Article

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