Ecology and Neurophysiology of Sleep in Two Wild Sloth Species | Zendy

Bryson Voirin | Zendy; Madeleine F. Scriba | Zendy; Dolores Martı́nez-González | Zendy; Alexei L. Vyssotski | Zendy; Martin Wikelski | Zendy; Niels C. Rattenborg | Zendy

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Ecology and Neurophysiology of Sleep in Two Wild Sloth Species

Author(s) -

Bryson Voirin,

Madeleine F. Scriba,

Dolores Martı́nez-González,

Alexei L. Vyssotski,

Martin Wikelski,

Niels C. Rattenborg

Publication year - 2014

Publication title -

sleep

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 2.222

H-Index - 207

eISSN - 1550-9109

pISSN - 0161-8105

DOI - 10.5665/sleep.3584

Subject(s) - predation , sloth , biology , ecology , zoology , sleep (system call) , non rapid eye movement sleep , sciurus , electroencephalography , habitat , neuroscience , computer science , operating system

Interspecific variation in sleep measured in captivity correlates with various physiological and environmental factors, including estimates of predation risk in the wild. However, it remains unclear whether prior comparative studies have been confounded by the captive recording environment. Herein we examine the effect of predation pressure on sleep in sloths living in the wild.

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