Sociogenetic structure in a free-living nocturnal primate population: Sex-specific differences in the grey mouse lemur (Microcebus murinus)

Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology

Volumn 50, Issue 6, 2001, Pages 493-502

  Radespiel, U ^a   Sarikaya, Z ^a   Zimmermann, E ^a   Bruford, M W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VETERINARY MEDICINE HANNOVER   (Germany)

Author keywords

Lemur; Matrilinear organisation; Microcebus murinus; Microsatellite; Sex biased dispersal

Indexed keywords

GENETIC STRUCTURE; KIN SELECTION; NATAL DISPERSAL; PHILOPATRY; PRIMATE; SOCIAL STRUCTURE;

MADAGASCAR;

LEMUR; LEMURIDAE; MAMMALIA; MICROCEBUS MURINUS; PRIMATES; STREPSIRHINI;

EID: 0035186612     PISSN: 03405443     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s002650100402     Document Type: Article

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