Cathemerality in wild ring-tailed lemurs (Lemur catta) in the spiny forest of Tsimanampetsotsa National Park: Camera trap data and preliminary behavioral observations

Primates

Volumn 55, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 207-217

  LaFleur, Marni ^a   Sauther, Michelle ^a   Cuozzo, Frank ^a,b   Yamashita, Nayuta ^c   Jacky Youssouf, Ibrahim Antho ^d   Bender, Richard ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NORTH DAKOTA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF VETERINARY MEDICINE   (Austria)

^d Universite de Toliara   (Madagascar)

Author keywords

Activity pattern; Cathemeral; Diet; Lemur

Indexed keywords

ACTIVITY PATTERN; DIET; NOCTURNAL ACTIVITY; PRIMATE; THERMOREGULATION;

ANIMALIA; CRYPTOPROCTA FEROX; EULEMUR; FELIS SP.; HAPALEMUR; LEMUR; LEMUR CATTA; LEMURIDAE; PRIMATES;

RAIN;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; ECOSYSTEM; LEMURIDAE; MADAGASCAR; PHYSIOLOGY; TEMPERATURE;

ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; ECOSYSTEM; LEMUR; MADAGASCAR; RAIN; TEMPERATURE;

EID: 84897574095     PISSN: 00328332     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10329-013-0391-1     Document Type: Article

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