Unraveling the evolutionary determinants of sleep

WJ Joiner - Current biology, 2016 - cell.com
Despite decades of intense study, the functions of sleep are still shrouded in mystery. The
difficulty in understanding these functions can be at least partly attributed to the varied …

Habitat patch size modulates terrestrial mammal activity patterns in Amazonian forest fragments

D Norris, F Michalski, CA Peres - Journal of Mammalogy, 2010 - academic.oup.com
Understanding how environmental change influences the behavior of organisms is central
for both ecological understanding and species conservation. We used camera traps to …

Nine‐banded armadillo (Dasypus novemcinctus) activity patterns are influenced by human activity

BA DeGregorio, C Gale, EV Lassiter… - Ecology and …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
As the human footprint upon the landscape expands, wildlife seeking to avoid human
contact are losing the option of altering their spatial distribution and instead are shifting their …

Program animal welfare: Using behavioral and physiological measures to assess the well-being of animals used for education programs in zoos

BA Baird, CW Kuhar, KE Lukas… - Applied Animal …, 2016 - Elsevier
This study investigates program animal welfare using both behavioral and physiological
measures in two separate experiments. In Experiment One, we examined possible …

[PDF][PDF] Food habits of four armadillo species in the Cerrado area, Mato Grosso, Brazil

TC da Silveira Anacleto - ZOOLOGICAL STUDIES-TAIPEI-, 2007 - zoolstud.sinica.edu.tw
Teresa Cristina da Silveira Anacleto (2007) Food habits of four armadillo species in the
Cerrado area, Mato Grosso, Brazil. Zoological Studies 46 (4): 529-537. Studies based on …

[HTML][HTML] Burrow characteristics and habitat associations of armadillos in Brazil and the United States of America

CM McDonough, MJ DeLaney, P Quoc Le… - Revista de Biologia …, 2000 - scielo.sa.cr
We censused and measured armadillo burrows in ten 10 mx 40 m plots in each of four
habitat types at a study site in northern Florida and one in the Atlantic coastal rainforest of …

Temperature influences the activity patterns of armadillo species in a large neotropical wetland

TB Maccarini, N Attias, ÍM Medri, J Marinho-Filho… - Mammal Research, 2015 - Springer
In this study, we characterized the activity patterns and estimated the activity overlap
between two armadillo species (Dasypus novemcinctus and Euphractus sexcinctus) in the …

Functional Morphology of the Forelimb of the Nine-Banded Armadillo (Dasypus novemcinctus): Comparative Perspectives on the Myology of Dasypodidae

RA Olson, MD Womble, DR Thomas, ZD Glenn… - Journal of Mammalian …, 2016 - Springer
The nine-banded armadillo, Dasypus novemcinctus, is a member of the family Dasypodidae,
which contains all extant species of armadillos and represents the most diverse group of …

Molecular documentation of polyembryony and the micro-spatial dispersion of clonal sibships in the nine-banded armadillo, Dasypus novemcinctus

PA Prodöhl, WJ Loughry… - … of the Royal …, 1996 - royalsocietypublishing.org
A battery of allelic markers at highly polymorphic microsatellite loci was developed and
employed to confirm, genetically, the clonal nature of sibships in nine-banded armadillos …

Spatio-temporal trends in armadillo diurnal activity and road-kills in central Florida

M Inbar, RT Mayer - Wildlife Society Bulletin, 1999 - JSTOR
Armadillos (Dasypus novemcinctus) are one of the mammals most commonly found dead
along Florida highways. Thus, they may serve as a model to study which factors are affecting …