Are Eulemur species pair-bonded? Social organization and mating strategies in Eulemur fulvus rufus from 1988-1995 in southeast Madagascar

American Journal of Physical Anthropology

Volumn 105, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 153-166

  Overdorff, Deborah J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

Author keywords

Infanticide; Mate defense; Monogamy; Pair bonding; Reproductive strategies

Indexed keywords

AGGRESSION; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CHILD CARE; COPULATION; FEMALE; FOOD INTAKE; HUMAN RELATION; INFANTICIDE; MALE; MATING; NONHUMAN; PROSIMIAN; REPRODUCTION; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL STRUCTURE;

AGGRESSION; ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; LEMUR; MADAGASCAR; MALE; PAIR BOND; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR;

EID: 0031910124     PISSN: 00029483     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1096-8644(199802)105:2<153::AID-AJPA4>3.0.CO;2-W     Document Type: Article

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