Allocare in a nocturnal primate: Data on the spectral tarsier, Tarsius spectrum

Folia Primatologica

Volumn 71, Issue 1-2, 2000, Pages 39-54

  Gursky, Sharon ^a  

^a CITY UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

Author keywords

Anthropoid; Haplorhine; Prosimian; Strepsirhine; Sulawesi; Tarsier

Indexed keywords

TARSIUS SPECTRUM;

EID: 0034088105     PISSN: 00155713     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000021729     Document Type: Article

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