Avoiding commitment: cathemerality among primates
Published in Biological Rhythm Research • Mar 5, 2008
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Authors:
Ian Tattersall
Abstract
Cathemeral animals distribute their activity more or less uniformly between the dark and light phases of the 24-hour day. This activity pattern is quite widely observed among major mammal taxa, although the number of species involved is relatively low. Among primates, cathemerality is seen principal...