Loud calling, spacing, and cohesiveness in a nocturnal primate, the Milne Edwards' sportive lemur (Lepilemur edwardsi)

American Journal of Physical Anthropology

Volumn 129, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 591-600

  Rasoloharijaona, Solofonirina ^a,b   Randrianambinina, Blanchard ^a,b   Braune, Pia ^b   Zimmermann, Elke ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ANTANANARIVO   (Madagascar)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VETERINARY MEDICINE HANNOVER   (Germany)

Author keywords

Communication; Evolution; Lemur; Madagascar; Sociality

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTICS; AGGRESSION; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL COMMUNICATION; ARTICLE; CONFLICT; FEMALE; FORAGING; GENDER IDENTITY; GROUPS BY SEX; HOME RANGE; LEPILEMUR EDWARDSI; LOUD CALLING BEHAVIOR; MALE; MALE FEMALE SLEEPING GROUP; NIGHT; NONHUMAN; PAIR LIVING; PAIR OWNERSHIP; POPULATION BIOLOGY; POPULATION COHESIVENESS; POPULATION DISPERSAL; POPULATION DISTRIBUTION; POPULATION REUNION; POPULATION STRUCTURE; PRIMATE; PROSIMIAN; SLEEP; SOCIAL ASPECT; SOCIALIZATION; SPATIOTEMPORAL DISTRIBUTION; SUNLIGHT;

ANIMALS; FEMALE; HOUSING, ANIMAL; LEMURIDAE; MALE; PAIR BOND; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SLEEP; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOUND SPECTROGRAPHY; VOCALIZATION, ANIMAL;

EID: 33645228498     PISSN: 00029483     EISSN: 10968644     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ajpa.20342     Document Type: Article

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