Geographic variation in populations of Microcebus murinus in Madagascar: Resource seasonality or Bergmann's rule?

International Journal of Primatology

Volumn 27, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 983-999

  Lahann, Petra ^a   Schmid, Jutta ^b   Ganzhorn, Jörg U ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAMBURG   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ULM   (Germany)

Author keywords

Body mass; Lemurs; Life history traits; Littoral rain forest; Madagascar; Microcebus murinus; Morphometry; Reproduction

Indexed keywords

DECIDUOUS FOREST; FOOD AVAILABILITY; GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION; GEOGRAPHICAL VARIATION; LITTORAL ENVIRONMENT; PRIMATE; RAINFOREST; SPECIES OCCURRENCE; THERMOREGULATION;

INDIAN OCEAN; INDIAN OCEAN ISLANDS; MADAGASCAR;

LEMURIDAE; MICROCEBUS MURINUS; STREPSIRHINI;

EID: 33750227452     PISSN: 01640291     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10764-006-9055-y     Document Type: Article

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