Mass change, environmental variability and female fertility in wild Propithecus verreauxi

Journal of Human Evolution

Volumn 39, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 381-391

  Richard, Alison F ^a   Dewar, Robert E ^b   Schwartz, Marion ^a   Ratsirarson, Joel ^c  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ANTANANARIVO   (Madagascar)

Author keywords

Capital breeding; Female feeding priority; Fertility; Lemurs; Mass

Indexed keywords

BODY MASS; FERTILITY; PRIMATE;

ANIMALIA; INDRIDAE; LEMUR; LEMURIDAE; PRIMATES; PROPITHECUS SP.; PROPITHECUS VERREAUXI; PROPITHECUS VERREAUXI VERREAUXI; STREPSIRHINI;

EID: 0033743237     PISSN: 00472484     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/jhev.2000.0427     Document Type: Article

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