Sex-specific usage patterns of sleeping sites in grey mouse lemurs (Microcebus murinus) in northwestern Madagascar

American Journal of Primatology

Volumn 46, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 77-84

  Radespiel, Ute ^a   Cepok, Sabine ^b   Zietemann, Vera ^a   Zimmermann, Elke ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VETERINARY MEDICINE HANNOVER   (Germany)

^b GERMAN PRIMATE CENTER   (Germany)

Author keywords

Female dominance; Microcebus murinus; Predator avoidance; Resource competition; Sleeping site; Thermal insulation

Indexed keywords

COMPETITION; HABITAT USE; PRIMATE; ROOSTING; SEX-RELATED DIFFERENCE;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ARTICLE; COMPETITIVE BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; HEAT; MADAGASCAR; MALE; PROSIMIAN; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RISK FACTOR; SEASON; SEX DIFFERENCE; SLEEP; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; TREE;

ANIMALS; CHEIROGALEIDAE; COMPETITIVE BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; HEAT; HOMING BEHAVIOR; MADAGASCAR; MALE; RISK FACTORS; SEASONS; SEX FACTORS; SLEEP; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; TREES;

MADAGASCAR;

ANIMALIA; LEMURIDAE; MICROCEBUS MURINUS; PRIMATES; STREPSIRHINI;

EID: 0031671903     PISSN: 02752565     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1098-2345(1998)46:1<77::AID-AJP6>3.0.CO;2-S     Document Type: Article

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