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A behavioural study of sleep patterns in the malachite sunbird, Cape white-eye and fan-tailed widowbird

Authors: A. Wellmann, C. Downs

Publication/Journal: Animal Behaviour

Keywords: cape white-eye, euplectes axillaris, eye closure, fan-tailed widowbird, malachite sunbird, nectarinia famosa, sleep behavior, sleep behaviour, sleep position, unihemispheric sleep, zosterops virens

2009

Cetacean sleep: An unusual form of mammalian sleep

Authors: O. Lyamin, P. Manger, S. Ridgway, L. Mukhametov, J. Siegel

Publication/Journal: Neuroscience & Biobehavioral Reviews

Keywords: evolution, laterality, rapid eye movement sleep, slow-wave sleep, thermoregulation, unihemispheric sleep, vigilance

2008

Behavioral, neurophysiological and evolutionary perspectives on unihemispheric sleep

Authors: N.C. Rattenborg, C.J. Amlaner, S.L. Lima

Publication/Journal: Neuroscience & Biobehavioral Reviews

Keywords: aquatic mammals, birds, functional lateralization, predator detection, reptiles, sleep function, sleep mechanisms, sleep regulation, slow-wave sleep, unihemispheric

2000

Facultative control of avian unihemispheric sleep under the risk of predation

Authors: Niels C. Rattenborg, Steven L. Lima, Charles J. Amlaner

Publication/Journal: Behavioural Brain Research

Keywords: birds, evolution, eye state, slow-wave sleep, unihemispheric, vigilance, vision

1999

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