A behavioural study of sleep patterns in the malachite sunbird, Cape white-eye and fan-tailed widowbird
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
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
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
Publication/Journal: Behavioural Brain Research
Keywords: birds, evolution, eye state, slow-wave sleep, unihemispheric, vigilance, vision
1999