Test of Fox's assembly rule for functional groups in lemur communities in Madagascar

Journal of Zoology

Volumn 241, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 533-542

  Ganzhorn, J U ^a  

^a GERMAN PRIMATE CENTER   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ASSEMBLY RULE; FOX'S ASSEMBLY RULE; LEMUR COMMUNITY;

MADAGASCAR;

CHEIROGALEIDAE; INDRIIDAE; LEMURIDAE;

EID: 0030621102     PISSN: 09528369     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-7998.1997.tb04845.x     Document Type: Article

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