Female dominance in captive gray mouse lemurs (Microcebus murinus)

American Journal of Primatology

Volumn 54, Issue 4, 2001, Pages 181-192

  Devinney, B J ^a,b   Berman, C M ^a,c   Rasmussen, K L R ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY AT BUFFALO   (United States)

^b EUNICE KENNEDY SHRIVER NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF CHILD HEALTH AND HUMAN DEVELOPMENT   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PUERTO RICO   (Puerto Rico)

Author keywords

Evolution; Female dominance; Lemurs; Microcebus murinus

Indexed keywords

DOMINANCE; INTERSEXUAL INTERACTION; PRIMATE; SOCIAL STRUCTURE;

AGGRESSION; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; DOMESTIC ANIMAL; FEMALE; MALE; PROSIMIAN; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIAL DOMINANCE;

AGGRESSION; ANIMALS; ANIMALS, DOMESTIC; CHEIROGALEIDAE; FEMALE; MALE; SEX FACTORS; SOCIAL DOMINANCE;

EID: 0034893565     PISSN: 02752565     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ajp.1029     Document Type: Article

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