Moonstruck primates: Owl monkeys (Aotus) need moonlight for nocturnal activity in their natural environment

PLoS ONE

Volumn 5, Issue 9, 2010, Pages 1-6

  Fernández Duque, Eduardo ^a,b   de la Iglesia, Horacio ^c   Erkert, Hans G ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^b Centro de Ecologia Aplicada del Littoral   (Argentina)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; AOTUS; ARTICLE; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; CLIMATE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; ENVIRONMENTAL TEMPERATURE; LOCOMOTION; LUMINANCE; MASKING; MOON; NOCTURNAL ANIMAL; NONHUMAN; SEASONAL VARIATION; ANIMAL; AOTIDAE; LIGHT; MOTOR ACTIVITY; PHYSIOLOGY; TEMPERATURE;

AOTUS (PRIMATE); AOTUS AZARAI; AOTUS TRIVIRGATUS; AZARA; PRIMATES; SIMIIFORMES;

ANIMALS; AOTIDAE; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; LIGHT; MOON; MOTOR ACTIVITY; TEMPERATURE;

EID: 77958536892     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0012572     Document Type: Article

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