The role of survival for the evolution of female philopatry in a solitary forager, the grey mouse lemur (Microcebus murinus)

Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 273, Issue 1600, 2006, Pages 2527-2533

  Lutermann, Heike ^a,c   Schmelting, Barthel ^a,b   Radespiel, Ute ^a   Ehresmann, Petra ^a   Zimmermann, Elke ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VETERINARY MEDICINE HANNOVER   (Germany)

^b GERMAN PRIMATE CENTER   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PRETORIA   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Annual survival; Cooperative breeding; Microcebus murinus; Natal philopatry; Sociality

Indexed keywords

COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; FEMALE BEHAVIOR; FORAGING BEHAVIOR; LIFE HISTORY THEORY; PHILOPATRY; SMALL MAMMAL; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SURVIVAL; TERRITORIALITY;

ARTICLE; BREEDING; CHILD PARENT RELATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; EVOLUTION; MICROCEBUS MURINUS; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PHILOPATRY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SLEEP; SURVIVAL; THERMOREGULATION;

LEMUR; MICROCEBUS MURINUS; PRIMATES;

EID: 33748956648     PISSN: 09628452     EISSN: 14712970     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rspb.2006.3603     Document Type: Article

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