Diurnal resting in brown lemurs in a dry deciduous forest, northwestern Madagascar: Implications for seasonal thermoregulation

Primates

Volumn 53, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 255-263

  Sato, Hiroki ^a  

^a KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Activity patterns; Aridification; Behavioral thermoregulation; Defoliation; Heat stress; Lemurs; Seasonality

Indexed keywords

RAIN;

ACTIVITY PATTERN; ARIDIFICATION; DECIDUOUS FOREST; DEFOLIATION; DIURNAL ACTIVITY; PRIMATE; SEASONALITY; THERMOREGULATION;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ARTICLE; ENVIRONMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; LEMURIDAE; MADAGASCAR; PHYSIOLOGY; SEASON; TEMPERATURE; THERMOREGULATION; TREE;

ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; BODY TEMPERATURE REGULATION; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; ENVIRONMENT; LEMURIDAE; MADAGASCAR; RAIN; SEASONS; TEMPERATURE; TREES;

ANKARAFANTSIKA NATIONAL PARK; MADAGASCAR; MAHAJANGA;

EULEMUR FULVUS; EULEMUR FULVUS FULVUS; LEMUR; LEMURIDAE; PRIMATES;

EID: 84864305773     PISSN: 00328332     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10329-012-0301-y     Document Type: Article

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