Contrasts between Two Nocturnal Leaf-Eating Lemurs

Evolutionary Anthropology

Volumn 11, Issue SUPPL. 1, 2002, Pages 105-107

  Thalmann, Urs ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Avahi; Behavior; Ecology; Feeding; Field study; Folivory; Lepilemur; Madagascar

Indexed keywords

AVAHI; AVAHI LANIGER; AVAHI OCCIDENTALIS; LEMUR; LEMURIDAE; LEPILEMUR; LEPILEMUR EDWARDSI; STREPSIRHINI;

EID: 0036960397     PISSN: 10601538     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/evan.10069     Document Type: Article

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