Feeding ecology of sympatric mouse lemur species in northwestern Madagascar

International Journal of Primatology

Volumn 27, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 311-321

  Radespiel, Ute ^a   Reimann, Wiebke ^a   Rahelinirina, Malalatiana ^b   Zimmermann, Elke ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VETERINARY MEDICINE HANNOVER   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ANTANANARIVO   (Madagascar)

Author keywords

Diet; Feeding ecology; Microcebus; Strepsirhines

Indexed keywords

ARTHROPOD; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEEDING ECOLOGY; INSECT; PRIMATE;

INDIAN OCEAN; INDIAN OCEAN ISLANDS; MADAGASCAR;

ARTHROPODA; INSECTA; LEMUR; LEMURIDAE; MICROCEBUS; MICROCEBUS RUFUS; STREPSIRHINI;

EID: 33646479451     PISSN: 01640291     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10764-005-9005-0     Document Type: Article

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