Sex-specific differences in activity patterns and fattening in the gray mouse lemur (Microcebus murinus) in Madagascar

Journal of Mammalogy

Volumn 80, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 749-757

  Schmid, Jutta ^a,b  

^a GERMAN PRIMATE CENTER   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Activity patterns; Gray mouse lemur; Madagascar; Mark recapture; Microcebus murinus; Seasonal fattening

Indexed keywords

LEMUR; MICROCEBUS MURINUS; PRIMATES; STREPSIRHINI;

EID: 0001178705     PISSN: 00222372     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/1383244     Document Type: Article

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