Seasonality, body condition, and timing of reproduction in Propithecus verreauxi verreauxi in the Kirindy Forest

American Journal of Primatology

Volumn 67, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 347-364

  Lewis, R J ^a,d   Kappeler, P M ^b,c  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GÖTTINGEN   (Germany)

^c GERMAN PRIMATE CENTER   (Germany)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BODY CONDITION; FOOD AVAILABILITY; PRIMATE; REPRODUCTIVE CYCLE; SEASONALITY;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BODY COMPOSITION; BODY WEIGHT; DIET; ECOSYSTEM; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; MADAGASCAR; MALE; OBESITY; PHYSIOLOGY; PROSIMIAN; REPRODUCTION; SEASON; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; TIME;

ADIPOSITY; ANIMALS; BODY COMPOSITION; BODY WEIGHT; DIET; ECOSYSTEM; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; MADAGASCAR; MALE; REPRODUCTION; SEASONS; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; STREPSIRHINI; TIME FACTORS;

INDIAN OCEAN; INDIAN OCEAN ISLANDS; KIRINDY FOREST; MADAGASCAR; TOLIARA;

LEMURIDAE; MAMMALIA; PROPITHECUS SP.; PROPITHECUS VERREAUXI VERREAUXI; STREPSIRHINI;

EID: 32944474692     PISSN: 02752565     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ajp.20187     Document Type: Article

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