Female mate choice, male migration, and the threat of infanticide in ringtailed lemurs

Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology

Volumn 28, Issue 2, 1991, Pages 141-152

  Pereira, Michael E ^a   Weiss, Mark L ^b  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b WAYNE STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

INFANTICIDE; LEMUR; MATE SELECTION; RING-TAILED LEMUR;

LEMUR CATTA;

EID: 0026049011     PISSN: 03405443     EISSN: 14320762     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF00180991     Document Type: Article

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