Spacing system of the Mysore slender loris (Loris lydekkerianus lydekkerianus)

American Journal of Physical Anthropology

Volumn 121, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 86-96

  Nekaris, K A I ^a,b  

^a WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b OXFORD BROOKES UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Home range; Lorisidae; Nocturnal prosimian; Sleeping site; Social system; Strepsirrhini

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ARTICLE; CONTRACEPTION; COPULATION; FEMALE; HOME RANGE; INDIA; MALE; MYSORE SLENDER LORIS; NONHUMAN; PROSIMIAN; REPRODUCTION; SLEEP; SOCIAL INTERACTION;

ANIMALS; ENVIRONMENT; FEMALE; INDIA; LORISIDAE; MALE; MOVEMENT; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR;

EID: 0037404975     PISSN: 00029483     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ajpa.10189     Document Type: Article

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