Genetic structure, lack of sex-biased dispersal and behavioral flexibility in the pair-living fat-tailed dwarf lemur, Cheirogaleus medius

Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology

Volumn 61, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 943-954

  Fredsted, Tina ^a   Schierup, Mikkel H ^a   Groeneveld, Linn F ^b   Kappeler, Peter M ^b,c  

^a AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

^b GERMAN PRIMATE CENTER   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GÖTTINGEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Bottleneck; Cheirogaleus medius; Dispersal; Genetic structure; Monogamy; mtDNA; Primates

Indexed keywords

BEHAVIORAL ECOLOGY; DEMOGRAPHIC HISTORY; DISPERSAL; GENETIC STRUCTURE; MITOCHONDRIAL DNA; MONOGAMY; PAIR BOND; POPULATION BOTTLENECK; POPULATION STRUCTURE; PRIMATE; SEX RATIO; SUBPOPULATION;

INDIAN OCEAN; INDIAN OCEAN ISLANDS; MADAGASCAR;

CHEIROGALEUS MEDIUS; MAMMALIA; PRIMATES; STREPSIRHINI;

EID: 33847712242     PISSN: 03405443     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00265-006-0323-9     Document Type: Article

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