Distribution, population structure and habitat use of Microcebus berthae compared to those of other sympatric cheirogalids

International Journal of Primatology

Volumn 25, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 307-330

  Schwab, Dorothea ^a   Ganzhorn, Jörg U ^a,b  

^a GERMAN PRIMATE CENTER   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HAMBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Competition; Conservation; Distribution; Kirindy CFPF; Lemurs; Madagascar; Mating system; Microcebus berthae

Indexed keywords

HABITAT USE; MICROHABITAT; POPULATION STRUCTURE; PRIMATE; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION;

CHEIROGALEUS; CHEIROGALEUS MEDIUS; LEMUR; LEMURIDAE; MICROCEBUS; MICROCEBUS BERTHAE; MICROCEBUS MURINUS; PRIMATES; STREPSIRHINI;

EID: 3543136661     PISSN: 01640291     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/B:IJOP.0000019154.17401.90     Document Type: Article

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