Sociality in the spectral tarsier, Tarsius spectrum

American Journal of Primatology

Volumn 51, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 89-101

  Gursky, Sharon ^a  

^a CITY UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

Author keywords

Gregarious; Indonesia; Nocturnal; Solitary foraging; Sulawesi; Tarsier

Indexed keywords

NOCTURNAL ACTIVITY; PRIMATE; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; FEMALE; INDONESIA; MALE; PHYSIOLOGY; SLEEP; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; TARSIER;

ANIMALS; FEMALE; INDONESIA; MALE; SLEEP; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; TARSIIDAE;

INDONESIA;

EID: 0034118818     PISSN: 02752565     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1098-2345(200005)51:1<89::AID-AJP7>3.0.CO;2-7     Document Type: Article

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