Vertical clingers and sleepers: Seasonal influences on the activities and substrate use of Lepilemur leucopus at Beza Mahafaly Special Reserve, Madagascar

Folia Primatologica

Volumn 69, Issue SUPPL. 1, 1998, Pages 204-217

  Nash, Leanne T ^a  

^a ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Activity budget; Diet; Field study; Seasonality; Substrate use

Indexed keywords

EID: 0000499586     PISSN: 00155713     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000052714     Document Type: Review

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