Contest versus scramble competition for mates: The composition and spatial structure of a population of gray mouse lemurs (Microcebus murinus) in North-west Madagascar

Primates

Volumn 42, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 207-220

  Radespiel, U ^a   Ehresmann, P ^a   Zimmermann, E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VETERINARY MEDICINE HANNOVER   (Germany)

Author keywords

Contest competition; Mating system; Microcebus murinus; Primates; Scramble competition

Indexed keywords

INTRASPECIFIC COMPETITION; MATING BEHAVIOR; POPULATION STRUCTURE; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION;

MADAGASCAR;

LEMURIDAE; MICROCEBUS MURINUS; PRIMATES; STREPSIRHINI;

EID: 0034820352     PISSN: 00328332     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF02629637     Document Type: Article

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