Associations between adult spectral tarsiers

American Journal of Physical Anthropology

Volumn 128, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 74-83

  Gursky, Sharon ^a  

^a TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Indonesia; Prosimian; Social behavior; Sulawesi; Tarsius

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ARTICLE; FEMALE; FORAGING; INDONESIA; MALE; NONHUMAN; PREDATION; PRIMATE; PROSIMIAN; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIALIZATION; TRAVEL;

ACTIVITY CYCLES; ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; INDONESIA; MALE; SEASONS; SLEEP; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; TARSIIDAE;

EID: 24044476864     PISSN: 00029483     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ajpa.20104     Document Type: Article

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