Big times for dwarfs: Social organization, sexual selection, and cooperation in the cheirogaleidae

Evolutionary Anthropology

Volumn 14, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 170-185

  Schülke, Oliver ^a,b   Ostner, Julia ^a,b  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR EVOLUTIONARY ANTHROPOLOGY   (Germany)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; CHEIROGALEIDAE; LEMURIDAE; PRIMATES; STREPSIRHINI;

EID: 30544435858     PISSN: 10601538     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/evan.20081     Document Type: Article

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