Energetic constraints, not predation, influence the evolution of sleep patterning in mammals

Functional Ecology

Volumn 22, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 847-853

  Capellini, I ^a   Nunn, C L ^b,c   McNamara, P ^d   Preston, B T ^b   Barton, R A ^a  

^a DURHAM UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR EVOLUTIONARY ANTHROPOLOGY   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d BOSTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Mammalian sleep architecture; Monophasic sleep; Phylogeny; Polyphasic sleep; Sleep cycle length

Indexed keywords

BIOENERGETICS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; EVOLUTION; MAMMAL; PHYLOGENY; PREDATION RISK; SLEEP;

ANIMALIA; MAMMALIA;

EID: 52049122799     PISSN: 02698463     EISSN: 13652435     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2435.2008.01449.x     Document Type: Article

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