A bird’s-eye view of the function of sleep

Evolution of Sleep: Phylogenetic and Functional Perspectives

Volumn , Issue , 2009, Pages 145-171

  Rattenborg, Niels C ^a   Amlaner, Charles J ^b  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR ORNITHOLOGY   (Germany)

^b INDIANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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DOI: 10.1017/CBO9780511642074.008     Document Type: Chapter

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