Social structure and seasonal variation in the behaviour of Eulemur mongoz

Folia Primatologica

Volumn 70, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 79-96

  Curtis, Deborah J ^a   Zaramody, Alphonse ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Behaviour; Eulemurmongoz; Female dominance; Lemuridae; Monogamy; Seasonality; Social structure

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; EULEMUR MONGOZ; LEMUR; LEMURIDAE; PRIMATES; STREPSIRHINI;

EID: 0033104334     PISSN: 00155713     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000021679     Document Type: Review

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