Hiding from the moonlight: Luminosity and temperature affect activity of Asian nocturnal primates in a highly seasonal forest

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Volumn 7, Issue 4, 2012, Pages

  Starr, Carly ^a   Nekaris, K A I ^b   Leung, Luke ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^b OXFORD BROOKES UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT ANIMAL; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CAMBODIA; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; ENVIRONMENTAL TEMPERATURE; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; FOREST; GROOMING; HEAT LOSS; LIGHT; LUMINANCE; MALE; MIXED DECIDUOUS FOREST; MOONLIGHT; NONHUMAN; NYCTICEBUS PYGMAEUS; PREDATOR PREY INTERACTION; PRIMATE; RISK BENEFIT ANALYSIS; SLEEP; TEMPERATURE SENSITIVITY; TRAVEL; ANIMAL; DARKNESS; LORISIDAE; MOON; PHYSIOLOGY; RADIATION EXPOSURE; SEASON; TEMPERATURE; TREE;

ANIMALIA; LORIS; NYCTICEBUS COUCANG; NYCTICEBUS PYGMAEUS; PRIMATES;

ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; DARKNESS; FEMALE; LIGHT; LORISIDAE; MALE; MOON; SEASONS; TEMPERATURE; TREES;

EID: 84860475619     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0036396     Document Type: Article

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