Effects of contextual and social variables on contact call production in free-ranging ringtailed lemurs (Lemur catta)

International Journal of Primatology

Volumn 17, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 191-205

  Oda, Ryo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

Author keywords

Call exchange; Contact call; Group cohesion; Lemur catta; Ringtailed lemur; Social relationship

Indexed keywords

EID: 0000901266     PISSN: 01640291     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF02735447     Document Type: Article

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