Talk:Cathemerality

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Etymology

Can someone add where the name comes from, please? --86.16.68.169 (talk) 12:38, 3 June 2010 (UTC)

Species Examples

I read somewhere that lemurs, lions, and fossa are cathemeral. I don't know where. I would love it if someone could list more cathemeral species even if, like me, they couldn't remember their source so had to post them here.

Gatorgirl7563 (talk) 00:45, 29 April 2012 (UTC)

Help cite

This is my 1st attempt at citing 'doi' reference, per 'sfn' examples in the source -- epic fail.
I added the sentence: Alternatively, over a yearly cycle, cathemeral species may shift seasonally from predominantly diurnal to predominantly nocturnal activity.
Which is paraphrased from: Folia Primatol 2006;77:27–49 DOI: 10.1159/000089694
In reference to: Rasmussen MA (1999). Ecological influences on activity cycle in two cathemeral primates, Eulemur mongoz (mongoose lemur) and Eulemur fulvus fulvus (common brown lemur).
Somebody who knows what they're doing might want to discombobulate my efforts. ~Eric F 74.60.29.141 (talk) 05:51, 8 October 2012 (UTC)

I'm sorry to hear that this has been confusing. The good news is that you almost had it right... except for two important details. First and foremost, the DOI 10.1159/000089694 is not for the Rasmussen (1999) paper—it's for a paper by Kirk (2006). The DOI is a unique ID given to individual papers. In this case, the Rasmussen paper is a PhD dissertation and does not have a DOI. If the information is in the Kirk paper, just cite that. Most people won't have access to the PhD dissertation anyway. If that's the route you take, then change your Sfn template to read {{Sfn|Kirk|2006|p=#}} and replace the # with the page number (or use pp= for a page range). Other than that, you only had to add the parameter "ref=harv" to the template created by the template {{cite doi}}, as I did for you here.

Alternatively, if you need to reference the Rasmussen paper directly, simply add the page number or range (as mentioned previously) to the Sfn template and replace the cite doi template at the bottom with the following:

{{cite thesis | type= Ph.D. | first = M. | last = Rasmussen | title = Ecological influences on activity cycle in two cathemeral primates, the mongoose lemur (''Eulemur mongoz'') and the common brown lemur (''Eulemur fulvus fulvus'') | publisher = Duke University | year = 1999}}

Hope this helps. – Maky ^« talk » 06:21, 8 October 2012 (UTC)

This edit added the {{sfn}} template for the Rasmussen paper but not the corresponding {{cite ...}}. What needs to be done to fix this - I assume we need an URL for the paper? SoledadKabocha (talk) 21:08, 14 October 2012 (UTC)

Thanks. You both have provided enough information for me to figure this out. Now my problem is re-accessing my original source to get the page number(s). I did, however, find another source which cites Rasmussen 1999, where he "suggests" that there are three patterns of cathemerality (relating to lemurs); here: Seasonality and Predictability: ...etc. p.191. ~Eric F 74.60.29.141 (talk) 00:18, 26 October 2012 (UTC)

> Done. Not. YES - with additional cite. But the additional context might provide disproportionate emphasis on these exceptions. But it is an extension of term usage. ~E 74.60.29.141 (talk) 15:47, 27 October 2012 (UTC)

Requested move, for compliance with style guidelines

My understanding of WP:NOUN is that this article should be moved to Cathemerality, similar to Diurnality and Nocturnality. Am I understanding correctly (in which case I will formally file this as a requested move shortly), or is there some objection (perhaps "cathemerality" isn't the correct noun form)? --SoledadKabocha (talk) 00:03, 12 March 2013 (UTC)

Yeah I reckon you're right. Cathemerality is talked about plenty in literature and we do follow that naming structure. Go ahead and make the move. Cheers, Jack (talk) 10:06, 12 March 2013 (UTC)

For the record, I wasn't quite paying close enough attention, and Maky (talk · contribs) ended up doing the move. --SoledadKabocha (talk) 17:06, 12 March 2013 (UTC)