Proximate and ultimate determinants of cathemeral activity in brown lemurs

Animal Behaviour

Volumn 77, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 317-325

  Donati, Giuseppe ^a   Baldi, Nicoletta ^b   Morelli, Valentina ^b   Ganzhorn, Jörg U ^c   Borgognini Tarli, Silvana M ^b  

^a OXFORD BROOKES UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PISA   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF HAMBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

cathemerality; diel activity; dietary needs; Eulemur collaris; Eulemur fulvus rufus; lemur; Madagascar; masking factor

Indexed keywords

ACTIVITY PATTERN; ANTIPREDATOR DEFENSE; DIET; DIURNAL ACTIVITY; FOOD QUALITY; HYPOTHESIS TESTING; METABOLISM; PRIMATE; THERMOREGULATION;

INDIAN OCEAN; INDIAN OCEAN ISLANDS; MADAGASCAR;

AOTUS (PRIMATE); AOTUS AZARAI; EULEMUR; EULEMUR FULVUS; EULEMUR FULVUS COLLARIS; EULEMUR FULVUS RUFUS; HAPALEMUR; LEMUR; LEMURIDAE; PRIMATES; STREPSIRHINI;

EID: 58349093890     PISSN: 00033472     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.anbehav.2008.09.033     Document Type: Article

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