Female dominance in competition for gum trees in the Grey Mouse Lemur Microcebus murinus

Revue d'Ecologie (La Terre et la Vie)

Volumn 58, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 397-410

  Génin, Fabien ^a  

^a Laboratoire d'Ecologie Generale   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BODY MASS; DOMINANCE; FEMALE; INTRASPECIFIC COMPETITION; PRIMATE; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION;

INDIAN OCEAN; INDIAN OCEAN ISLANDS; MADAGASCAR;

ANIMALIA; LEMUR; LEMURIDAE; MAMMALIA; MICROCEBUS; MICROCEBUS MURINUS; PRIMATES; STREPSIRHINI;

EID: 3042637773     PISSN: 02497395     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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