Group encounters and territoriality in wild Alaotran gentle lemurs (Hapalemur griseus alaotrensis)

American Journal of Primatology

Volumn 46, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 251-258

  Nievergelt, Caroline M ^a,b   Mutschler, Thomas ^b   Feistner, Anna T C ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b Jersey Wildlife Preservation Trust   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Group encounter; Hapalemur griseus alaotrensis; Madagascar; Territoriality

Indexed keywords

GROUP BEHAVIOR; INTRASPECIFIC INTERACTION; MOVEMENT; PRIMATE; TERRITORIALITY;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; FEMALE; MADAGASCAR; MALE; PHYSIOLOGY; PROSIMIAN; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; TERRITORIALITY;

ANIMALS; FEMALE; LEMURIDAE; MADAGASCAR; MALE; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; TERRITORIALITY;

MADAGASCAR;

ANIMALIA; HAPALEMUR; HAPALEMUR GRISEUS ALAOTRENSIS; LEMUR; LEMURIDAE; PRIMATES; STREPSIRHINI;

EID: 0031728411     PISSN: 02752565     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1098-2345(1998)46:3<251::AID-AJP5>3.0.CO;2-H     Document Type: Article

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