Preliminary Field Data on Group Size, Diet and Activity in the Alaotran Gentle Lemur Hapalemur griseus alaotrensis

Folia Primatologica

Volumn 69, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 325-330

  Mutschler, Thomas ^a   Feistner, Anna T C ^a   Nievergelt, Caroline M ^a  

^a Jersey Wildlife Preservation Trust   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Activity; Alaotra; Alaotran gentle lemur; Diet; Ecology; Folivore; Group size; Hapalemur griseus alaotrensis; Madagascar

Indexed keywords

HAPALEMUR; HAPALEMUR GRISEUS ALAOTRENSIS; LEMUR; STREPSIRHINI;

EID: 0000418365     PISSN: 00155713     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000021647     Document Type: Article

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