Social organization of the Alaotran gentle lemur (Hapalemur griseus alaotrensis)

American Journal of Primatology

Volumn 50, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 9-24

  Mutschler, Thomas ^a,b   Nievergelt, Caroline M ^b,c   Feistner, Anna T C ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b DURRELL WILDLIFE CONSERVATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Birth season; Dispersal pattern; Group composition; Hapalemur griseus alaotrensis; Madagascar; Social organization

Indexed keywords

GROUP SIZE; PRIMATE; REPRODUCTIVE STRATEGY; SOCIAL STRUCTURE;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ARTICLE; BODY WEIGHT; FEMALE; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; MADAGASCAR; MALE; POPULATION DYNAMICS; PROSIMIAN; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SEASON; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR;

ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; BODY WEIGHT; FEMALE; LEMUR; MADAGASCAR; MALE; POPULATION DYNAMICS; SEASONS; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR;

MADAGASCAR;

EID: 0033990896     PISSN: 02752565     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1098-2345(200001)50:1<9::AID-AJP2>3.0.CO;2-2     Document Type: Article

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