Temperature's influence on the activity budget, terrestriality, and sun exposure of chimpanzees in the Budongo Forest, Uganda

American Journal of Physical Anthropology

Volumn 139, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 172-181

  Kosheleff, Valerie P ^a,c   Anderson, Christian N K ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Behavioral thermoregulation; Feeding; Pan troglodytes; Resting; Sun avoidance

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CHIMPANZEE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL TEMPERATURE; FEMALE; MALE; NONHUMAN; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; SEX DIFFERENCE; SUN EXPOSURE; TEMPERATURE SENSITIVITY; TERRESTRIAL SPECIES; THERMOREGULATION; UGANDA;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; ECOSYSTEM; FEMALE; MALE; MOTOR ACTIVITY; OBSERVATION; PAN TROGLODYTES; SUNLIGHT; TEMPERATURE; UGANDA;

EID: 67049155995     PISSN: 00029483     EISSN: 10968644     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ajpa.20970     Document Type: Article

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