Sleep patterns, daytime predation, and the evolution of diurnal sleep site selection in lorisiforms

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Magdalena S. Svensson · Oxford Brookes University

K. A. I. Nekaris · Oxford Brookes University

Simon K. Bearder · Oxford Brookes University

Caroline M. Bettridge · Manchester Metropolitan University

Thomas M. Butynski · Oxford Brookes University

Susan M. Cheyne · Borneo Orangutan Survival Foundation

Nabajit Das

Abstract

Variations in sleep behavior, sleep patterns and vulnerability to daytime predation provide a window into the variation that was present in sleep in early primates. Overall, lorisiforms use the daytime for sleeping and no species can be classified as cathemeral or polycyclic.

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Primate Behavior and Ecology Animal Vocal Communication and Behavior Animal Behavior and Reproduction

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Published in: American Journal of Physical Anthropology

Volume 166, Issue 3, pp. 563-577

DOI: 10.1002/ajpa.23450

Field-Weighted Citation Impact: 15.05

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Sleep patterns, daytime predation, and the evolution of diurnal sleep site selection in lorisiforms

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