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| Seiler, M.; Schwitzer, C.; Holderied, M.. |
| In response to predation pressure by raptors, snakes, and carnivores, primates employ anti-predator behaviours such as avoiding areas of high predation risk, cryptic behaviour and camouflage, vigilance and group formation (including mixedspecies associations), and eavesdropping on other species’ alarm calls. After detecting a predator, primates can produce alarm calls, show predator-specific escape strategies or even mob the predator. It remains unclear how solitary nocturnal primates respond to diurnal predation pressure while they sleep or rest. The aim of this study was to investigate the diurnal anti-predator behaviour of the nocturnal and solitary Sahamalaza sportive lemur, Lepilemur sahamalazensis, which regularly rests in exposed locations. We... |
| Tipo: Article / Letter to the editor |
Palavras-chave: Critically endangered; Nocturnal primates; Fragmentation; Playback experiments; Predator-specific strategy; 42.84. |
| Ano: 2013 |
URL: http://www.repository.naturalis.nl/record/475370 |
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| Rode, E.J.; Nekaris, K.A-I.; Markolf, M.; Schliehe-Diecks, S.; Seiler, M.; Radespiel, U.; Schwitzer, C.. |
| Shelters such as leaf nests, tree holes or vegetation tangles play a crucial role in the life of many nocturnal mammals. While information about characteristics and availability of these resources may help in conservation planning, nest use gives an indication about a species’ social organisation. The northern giant mouse lemur (Mirza zaza) is threatened by habitat loss within its restricted range. Our aim was to examine nest site preferences of M. zaza and to explore the species’ social organisation by examining sleeping site aggregation size and genetic relatedness within and between such aggregations. In the Ankarafa Forest inside Sahamalaza – Iles Radama National Park, northwestern Madagascar, we radio-tagged five male and three female M. zaza and... |
| Tipo: Article / Letter to the editor |
Palavras-chave: Conservation; Fragmentation; Genetic diversity; Nest utilisation; Sleeping site; Small population genetics; 42.84. |
| Ano: 2013 |
URL: http://www.repository.naturalis.nl/record/447982 |
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