Female coordination of group travel in wild Propithecus and Eulemur

International Journal of Primatology

Volumn 20, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 927-940

  Erhart, Elizabeth M ^a   Overdorff, Deborah J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

Author keywords

Female dominance; Female bonded species; Group movements; Leadership; Nonfemalebonded species; Prosimian

Indexed keywords

FEMALE BEHAVIOR; FORAGING BEHAVIOR; GROUP BEHAVIOR; LEADERSHIP; MOVEMENT; PRIMATE;

MADAGASCAR;

EULEMUR FULVUS; PROPITHECUS DIADEMA;

EID: 0033402834     PISSN: 01640291     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1020830703012     Document Type: Article

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