Resting and nesting in a small mammal: Sleeping sites as a limiting resource for female grey mouse lemurs

Animal Behaviour

Volumn 79, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 1211-1219

  Lutermann, Heike ^a,b   Verburgt, Luke ^b   Rendigs, Antje ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VETERINARY MEDICINE HANNOVER   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PRETORIA   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Grey mouse lemur; Limiting resource; Microcebus murinus; Sleeping site; Thermoregulation

Indexed keywords

ENERGY EFFICIENCY; FITNESS; INSULATION; LIMITING FACTOR; NESTING; PREDATOR; RESOURCE ALLOCATION; RESTING STAGE; RODENT; SEASONAL VARIATION; SITE SELECTION; SLEEP; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; THERMOREGULATION;

ANIMALIA; LEMUR; LEMURIDAE; MAMMALIA; MICROCEBUS MURINUS; PRIMATES; STREPSIRHINI;

EID: 79952534682     PISSN: 00033472     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.anbehav.2010.02.017     Document Type: Article

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