Male life history and the unusual adult sex ratios of redfronted lemur, Eulemur fulvus rufus, groups

Animal Behaviour

Volumn 67, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 249-259

  Ostner, Julia ^a,b,c   Kappeler, Peter M ^a  

^a GERMAN PRIMATE CENTER   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WÜRZBURG   (Germany)

^c STONY BROOK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GROUP BEHAVIOR; LIFE HISTORY; MALE; PRIMATE; SEX RATIO;

EULEMUR; EULEMUR FULVUS; EULEMUR FULVUS RUFUS; LEMUR; LEMURIDAE; PRIMATES; STREPSIRHINI;

EID: 1442289755     PISSN: 00033472     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.anbehav.2003.05.012     Document Type: Article

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