Social Organization of the Golden Brown Mouse Lemur (Microcebus ravelobensis)

American Journal of Physical Anthropology

Volumn 123, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 40-51

  Weidt, Andrea ^a,b,d   Hagenah, Nicole ^b   Randrianambinina, Blanchard ^b,c   Radespiel, Ute ^b   Zimmermann, Elke ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GÖTTINGEN   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VETERINARY MEDICINE HANNOVER   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ANTANANARIVO   (Madagascar)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Lemurs; Mating system; Sleeping group; Sociality; Spatial distribution; Strepsirrhini

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; FEMALE; HOME; MALE; MATING SYSTEM; MICROCEBUS RAVELOBENSIS; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; POPULATION DENSITY; POPULATION STRUCTURE; PROSIMIAN; SEASON; SLEEP PATTERN; SOCIAL STRUCTURE; TELEMETRY; THERMOREGULATION;

ANIMALS; CHEIROGALEIDAE; FEMALE; HOMING BEHAVIOR; MADAGASCAR; MALE; MICE; POPULATION DENSITY; POPULATION DYNAMICS; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIALIZATION; SPATIAL BEHAVIOR; TELEMETRY;

EID: 0346789101     PISSN: 00029483     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ajpa.10296     Document Type: Article

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