Effect of habitat structure on positional behavior and support use in three species of lemur

Primates

Volumn 39, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 459-472

  Dagosto, Marian ^a   Yamashita, Nayuta ^b  

^a NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Behavioral response; Eulemur fulvus; Eulemur rubriventer; Habitat structure; Locomotion; Madagascas; Primate; Propithecus diadema; Ranomafana National Park

Indexed keywords

BEHAVIORAL RESPONSE; HABITAT STRUCTURE; LOCOMOTION; PRIMATE;

MADAGASCAR; RANOMAFANA NATIONAL PARK;

EULEMUR FULVUS; EULEMUR RUBRIVENTER; PROPITHECUS DIADEMA;

EID: 0032451589     PISSN: 00328332     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF02557569     Document Type: Article

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