Seasonal changes in general activity, body mass and reproduction of two small nocturnal primates: A comparison of the golden brown mouse lemur (Microcebus ravelobensis) in Northwestern Madagascar and the brown mouse lemur (Microcebus rufus) in Eastern Madagascar

Primates

Volumn 44, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 321-331

  Randrianambinina, Blanchard ^a,b   Rakotondravony, Daniel ^b   Radespiel, Ute ^a   Zimmermann, Elke ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VETERINARY MEDICINE HANNOVER   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ANTANANARIVO   (Madagascar)

Author keywords

Body mass; Mouse lemur; Reproduction; Seasonality; Torpor

Indexed keywords

ACTIVITY PATTERN; BODY MASS; PRIMATE; REPRODUCTION; SEASONALITY; TORPOR;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BODY CONSTITUTION; CLIMATE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ENVIRONMENT; MADAGASCAR; PHOTOPERIODICITY; PHYSIOLOGY; PROSIMIAN; REPRODUCTION; SEASON;

ANIMALS; BODY CONSTITUTION; CHEIROGALEIDAE; CLIMATE; ENVIRONMENT; MADAGASCAR; PHOTOPERIOD; REPRODUCTION; SEASONS;

INDIAN OCEAN; INDIAN OCEAN ISLANDS; MADAGASCAR;

ANIMALIA; LEMUR; LEMURIDAE; MICROCEBUS; MICROCEBUS RAVELOBENSIS; MICROCEBUS RUFUS; PRIMATES; STREPSIRHINI;

EID: 0346935064     PISSN: 00328332     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10329-003-0046-8     Document Type: Article

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