Troop fission in wild ring-tailed lemurs (Lemur catta) at Berenty, Madagascar

American Journal of Primatology

Volumn 68, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 97-102

  Ichino, Shinichiro ^a  

^a KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Dominance relationships; Kinship; Ring tailed lemur; Targeted aggression; Troop fission

Indexed keywords

AGGRESSION; BREEDING SEASON; DOMINANCE; FEMALE BEHAVIOR; GROUP BEHAVIOR; KINSHIP; PRIMATE;

AGGRESSION; ANIMAL; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ARTICLE; FEMALE; MADAGASCAR; MALE; MOVEMENT (PHYSIOLOGY); POPULATION DENSITY; POPULATION DYNAMICS; PROSIMIAN; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PUERPERIUM; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; TERRITORIALITY;

AGGRESSION; ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; FEMALE; LEMUR; MADAGASCAR; MALE; MOVEMENT; POPULATION DENSITY; POPULATION DYNAMICS; POSTPARTUM PERIOD; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; TERRITORIALITY;

BERENTY RESERVE; INDIAN OCEAN; INDIAN OCEAN ISLANDS; MADAGASCAR;

LEMUR CATTA; STREPSIRHINI;

EID: 33644632818     PISSN: 02752565     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ajp.20208     Document Type: Article

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