Morphological variation in populations of Eulemur albocollaris and E. fulvus rufus

International Journal of Primatology

Volumn 26, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 1399-1416

  Johnson, Steig E ^a   Gordon, Adam D ^b   Stumpf, Rebecca M ^c   Overdorff, Deborah J ^d   Wright, Patricia C ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

^b THE GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

^e STONY BROOK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Eulemur albocollaris; Eulemur fulvus; Intrasexual competition; Sexual dimorphism; Sperm competition

Indexed keywords

BODY MASS; INTRASEXUAL INTERACTION; MORPHOLOGY; PRIMATE; SEXUAL DIMORPHISM; SPERM COMPETITION;

INDIAN OCEAN; INDIAN OCEAN ISLANDS; MADAGASCAR;

EULEMUR FULVUS; EULEMUR FULVUS ALBOCOLLARIS; EULEMUR FULVUS RUFUS; LEMURIDAE; PRIMATES; STREPSIRHINI;

EID: 29844453761     PISSN: 01640291     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10764-005-8858-6     Document Type: Article

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