Causes and consequences of life-history variation among strepsirhine primates

American Naturalist

Volumn 148, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 868-891

  Kappeler, Peter M ^a,b  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b GERMAN PRIMATE CENTER   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ENERGETICS; FEMALE DOMINANCE; LEMUR; LIFE HISTORY; LORISE; MATERNAL INVESTMENT; STREPSIRHINE PRIMATE;

MADAGASCAR;

EID: 0030303543     PISSN: 00030147     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/285960     Document Type: Article

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