Monogamy as a rule rather than exception in nocturnal lemurs: The case of the fat-tailed dwarf lemur, Cheirogaleus medius

Ethology

Volumn 105, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 259-272

  Fietz, Joanna ^a  

^a GERMAN PRIMATE CENTER   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BEHAVIORAL ECOLOGY; MAMMAL; MATING BEHAVIOR; MONOGAMY;

CHEIROGALEUS MEDIUS;

EID: 0032949406     PISSN: 01791613     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1439-0310.1999.00380.x     Document Type: Article

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