A high mountain population of the ring-tailed lemur Lemur catta on the Andringitra Massif, Madagascar

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Volumn 30, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 259-268

  Goodman, Steven M ^a,b   Langrand, Olivier ^a  

^a WWF Antananarivo   (Madagascar)

^b FIELD MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LEMUR CATTA; SPINY; STREPSIRHINI;

DIET; MOUNTAIN POPULATION; RING-TAILED LEMUR;

MADAGASCAR, ANDRINGITRA MASSIF;

EID: 0030303625     PISSN: 00306053     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/s003060530002175x     Document Type: Article

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