So near and yet so far: Territorial pairs but low cohesion between pair partners in a nocturnal lemur, Phaner furcifer

Animal Behaviour

Volumn 65, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 331-343

  Schülke, Oliver ^a,b   Kappeler, Peter M ^a  

^a GERMAN PRIMATE CENTER   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WÜRZBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PRIMATE; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL ORGANIZATION;

ANIMALIA; FURCIFER; LEMUR; LEMURIDAE; PHANER FURCIFER;

EID: 0037329939     PISSN: 00033472     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/anbe.2003.2018     Document Type: Article

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