Sleeping sites, sleeping trees, and sleep-related behaviors of black crested gibbons (Nomascus concolor jingdongensis) at Mt. Wuliang, central Yunnan, China

American Journal of Primatology

Volumn 70, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 153-160

  Fan, Peng Fei ^a,b   Jiang, Xue Long ^a  

^a KUNMING INSTITUTE OF ZOOLOGY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (China)

Author keywords

Black crested gibbons; Central yunnan; Nomascus concolor jingdongensis; Predation; Sleep related behavior; Sleeping site; Thermoregulation

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; BEHAVIORAL ECOLOGY; COLD TOLERANCE; ESCAPE BEHAVIOR; FERN; JUVENILE; NEST SITE; PREDATION RISK; PRIMATE; SITE SELECTION; SLEEP; TREE;

AGE; ANIMAL; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ARTICLE; CHINA; ECOSYSTEM; FEMALE; HAPLORHINI; MALE; OBSERVATION; PHYSIOLOGY; SEX DIFFERENCE; SLEEP; TEMPERATURE; TIME;

AGE FACTORS; ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; CHINA; ECOSYSTEM; FEMALE; HYLOBATES; MALE; OBSERVATION; SEX FACTORS; SLEEP; TEMPERATURE; TIME FACTORS;

ASIA; CHINA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; WULIANG MOUNTAINS; YUNNAN;

FILICOPHYTA; NOMASCUS CONCOLOR; ORCHIDACEAE;

EID: 38949177487     PISSN: 02752565     EISSN: 10982345     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ajp.20470     Document Type: Article

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