Ecological correlates to social structure in two lemur species in Madagascar

American Journal of Physical Anthropology

Volumn 100, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 487-506

  Overdorff, Deborah J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

Author keywords

Eulemur fulvus rufus; Eulemur rubriventer; Group size; Infant development; Patch use; Seasonality

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CHILD CARE; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; ECOLOGY; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FRUIT; MADAGASCAR; NONHUMAN; POPULATION; PROGENY; PROSIMIAN; SEASONAL VARIATION; SOCIAL STRUCTURE;

ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; EATING; ECOLOGY; LEMUR; MADAGASCAR; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; SEASONS;

EID: 0029819303     PISSN: 00029483     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1096-8644(199608)100:4<487::AID-AJPA4>3.0.CO;2-O     Document Type: Article

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