Proximate and ultimate determinants of cathemeral activity in brown lemurs
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Proximate and ultimate determinants of cathemeral activity in brown lemurs Giuseppe Donati *, Nicoletta Baldi , Valentina Morelli , Jörg U. Ganzhorn , Silvana M. Borgognini-Tarli b,1 Nocturnal Primate Research Group, Department of Anthropology and Geography, Oxford Brookes University Department of Biology, Unit of Anthropology, University of Pisa Biozentrum Grindel, Department of Animal Ecology and Conservation, University of Hamburg
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