Effects of water level on sleeping-site selection and inter-group association in proboscis monkeys: Why do they sleep alone inland on flooded days?

Ecological Research

Volumn 25, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 475-482

  Matsuda, Ikki ^a   Tuuga, Augustine ^b   Higashi, Seigo ^c  

^a KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b SABAH WILDLIFE DEPARTMENT   (Malaysia)

^c HOKKAIDO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Multi level society; Predation threat; Proboscis monkey; Ranging; Sleeping site

Indexed keywords

DEEP WATER; FELID; FLOOD; FOOD AVAILABILITY; FORAGING BEHAVIOR; FOREST FLOOR; PREDATION RISK; PREDATOR; PRIMATE; RIVER BANK; SITE SELECTION; SLEEP; WATER LEVEL;

EAST MALAYSIA; KINABATANGAN RIVER; MALAYSIA; MENANGGUL RIVER; SABAH;

FELIDAE; NASALIS LARVATUS; NEOFELIS NEBULOSA;

EID: 77950460110     PISSN: 09123814     EISSN: 14401703     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11284-009-0677-3     Document Type: Article

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