Environmental and phylogenetic correlates of Eulemur behavior and ecology (Primates: Lemuridae)

Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology

Volumn 61, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 53-64

  Ossi, Kerry ^a   Kamilar, Jason M ^a  

^a STONY BROOK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Biogeography; Geographic variation; Intraspecific variation

Indexed keywords

BEHAVIORAL ECOLOGY; INTRASPECIFIC VARIATION; POPULATION CHARACTERISTICS; PRIMATE; SOCIAL ORGANIZATION; SPECIES DIVERSITY; TAXONOMY;

INDIAN OCEAN; INDIAN OCEAN ISLANDS; MADAGASCAR;

EULEMUR; LEMURIDAE; PRIMATES; STREPSIRHINI;

EID: 33749430005     PISSN: 03405443     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00265-006-0236-7     Document Type: Article

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