Infanticide by a male Milne-Edwards' sportive lemur (Lepilemur edwardsi) in Ampijoroa, NW-Madagascar

International Journal of Primatology

Volumn 21, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 41-45

  Rasoloharijaona, Solofonirina ^a   Rakotosamimanana, Berthe ^a   Zimmermann, Elke ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ANTANANARIVO   (Madagascar)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VETERINARY MEDICINE HANNOVER   (Germany)

Author keywords

Behavior; Ecology; Sexual selection; Social pathology; Sportive lemur

Indexed keywords

BEHAVIORAL ECOLOGY; COMMUNICATION; INFANTICIDE; PRIMATE;

MADAGASCAR;

LEPILEMUR EDWARDSI;

EID: 0033999054     PISSN: 01640291     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1005419528718     Document Type: Article

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