Hiding from the Moonlight: Luminosity and Temperature Affect Activity of Asian Nocturnal Primates in a Highly Seasonal Forest

Carly Starr; K. A. I. Nekaris; Luke Leung

doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0036396

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Hiding from the Moonlight: Luminosity and Temperature Affect Activity of Asian Nocturnal Primates in a Highly Seasonal Forest

Carly Starr ,

* E-mail: c.starr@uq.edu.au

Affiliation School of Agriculture and Food Science, University of Queensland, Gatton, Queensland, Australia
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K. A. I. Nekaris,

Affiliation Oxford Brookes University, Nocturnal Primate Research Group, School of Social Sciences and Law, Oxford, United Kingdom
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Luke Leung

Affiliation School of Agriculture and Food Science, University of Queensland, Gatton, Queensland, Australia
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Hiding from the Moonlight: Luminosity and Temperature Affect Activity of Asian Nocturnal Primates in a Highly Seasonal Forest

Carly Starr,
K. A. I. Nekaris,
Luke Leung

Published: April 27, 2012
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0036396

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Moonlight Activities

Posted by CharlotteYoung06 on 26 Jun 2013 at 12:40 GMT

A really interesting read and to see the impacts that moonlight in particular can have on the slow loris and other nocturnal primates. This is really important as understanding what might trigger more active or inactive periods in the species could benefit conservation strategies with reference to vulnerable periods where they may be more easily hunted by local people.

No competing interests declared.

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