The nature and frequency of agonism in free-ranging and semi-free-ranging brown lemurs, Eulemur fulvus

Primates

Volumn 37, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 335-350

  Kaufman, Ruben ^a  

^a RR2 ^*  (Canada)

Author keywords

Agonism; Brown lemurs; Mild; Rates; Subtle

Indexed keywords

EID: 0005941466     PISSN: 00328332     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF02381371     Document Type: Article

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