A preliminary study of spatial distribution and mating system of pygmy mouse lemurs (Microcebus cf myoxinus)

American Journal of Primatology

Volumn 51, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 41-60

  Schwab, Dorothea ^a,b  

^a GERMAN PRIMATE CENTER   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Mating system; Microcebus cf myoxinus; Sexual size dimorphism; Spatial distribution; Sperm competition

Indexed keywords

NOCTURNAL ACTIVITY; PRIMATE; REPRODUCTIVE STRATEGY; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION;

MADAGASCAR;

CHEIROGALEUS MEDIUS; MICROCEBUS; MICROCEBUS MURINUS;

EID: 0034060868     PISSN: 02752565     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1098-2345(200005)51:1<41::AID-AJP4>3.0.CO;2-7     Document Type: Article

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