Mating system of Microcebus murinus

American Journal of Primatology

Volumn 48, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 127-133

  Fietz, Joanna ^a,b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

^b Abt Verhaltensforschung/Okologie   (Germany)

^c Abt Verhaltensforschung/Okologie   (Germany)

Author keywords

Madagascar; Mating system; Microcebus murinus; Testis size

Indexed keywords

POLYGYNY; PRIMATE; REPRODUCTIVE STRATEGY; SEXUAL SELECTION; SOCIAL STRUCTURE;

ADAPTATION; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BODY CONSTITUTION; FEMALE; HISTOLOGY; MALE; PROSIMIAN; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; REPRODUCTION; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; TESTIS;

ADAPTATION, BIOLOGICAL; ANIMALS; BODY CONSTITUTION; CHEIROGALEIDAE; FEMALE; MALE; REPRODUCTION; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; TESTIS;

MADAGASCAR;

ANIMALIA; LEMUR; MICROCEBUS MURINUS; PRIMATES; STREPSIRHINI;

EID: 0032908368     PISSN: 02752565     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1098-2345(1999)48:2<127::AID-AJP4>3.0.CO;2-4     Document Type: Article

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