The sensory basis of prey detection in captive-born grey mouse lemurs, Microcebus murinus

Animal Behaviour

Volumn 75, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 871-878

  Piep, Marcus ^a   Radespiel, Ute ^b   Zimmermann, Elke ^b   Schmidt, Sabine ^b   Siemers, Björn M ^c,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAMBURG   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VETERINARY MEDICINE HANNOVER   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

^d MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR ORNITHOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

foraging; grey mouse lemur; insectivorous; Microcebus murinus; prey detection; primates; sensory ecology

Indexed keywords

CAPTIVE POPULATION; ENVIRONMENTAL CUE; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; FORAGING EFFICIENCY; INSECTIVORY; LABORATORY METHOD; PREY LOCATION; PRIMATE; SENSORY SYSTEM;

LEMUR; LEMURIDAE; MICROCEBUS MURINUS; PRIMATES; STREPSIRHINI;

EID: 39449119817     PISSN: 00033472     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.anbehav.2007.07.008     Document Type: Article

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