Female dominance and social structure in Alaotran gentle lemurs

Behaviour

Volumn 140, Issue 10, 2003, Pages 1235-1246

  Waeber, P O ^a   Hemelrijk, C K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

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EID: 0346432455     PISSN: 00057959     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1163/156853903771980576     Document Type: Article

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