Social integration confers thermal benefits in a gregarious primate

Journal of Animal Ecology

Volumn 84, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 871-878

  Mcfarland, Richard ^a,b   Fuller, Andrea ^a   Hetem, Robyn S ^a   Mitchell, Duncan ^a,c   Maloney, Shane K ^a,c   Henzi, S Peter ^d,e   Barrett, Louise ^a,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE WITWATERSRAND   (South Africa)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^d UNIVERSITY OF LETHBRIDGE   (Canada)

^e UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH AFRICA   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Body temperature; Cold stress; Primates; Sociality; Thermoregulation; Vervet monkeys

Indexed keywords

BODY TEMPERATURE; ENVIRONMENTAL STRESS; FITNESS; PHYSIOLOGICAL RESPONSE; PRIMATE; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; THERMOREGULATION;

ANIMALIA; CERCOPITHECUS; CERCOPITHECUS PYGERYTHRUS; PRIMATES;

ANIMAL; BODY TEMPERATURE; CHLOROCEBUS AETHIOPS; FEMALE; PHYSIOLOGY; SEASON; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOUTH AFRICA; TEMPERATURE; THERMOREGULATION;

ANIMALS; BODY TEMPERATURE; BODY TEMPERATURE REGULATION; CERCOPITHECUS AETHIOPS; FEMALE; SEASONS; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOUTH AFRICA; TEMPERATURE;

EID: 84928209704     PISSN: 00218790     EISSN: 13652656     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1365-2656.12329     Document Type: Article

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