The relationship between female rank and reproductive parameters of the ringtailed lemur: A preliminary analysis

Primates

Volumn 49, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 135-138

  Takahata, Yukio ^a   Koyama, Naoki ^b   Ichino, Shinichiro ^b   Miyamoto, Naomi ^b   Nakamichi, Masayuki ^c   Soma, Takayo ^b  

^a KWANSEI GAKUIN UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c OSAKA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Birth rate; Female competition; Infant mortality; Lemur catta; Rank; Reproductive parameters

Indexed keywords

BIRTH RATE; COMPETITION (ECOLOGY); FEEDING BEHAVIOR; INFANT MORTALITY; PRIMATE; REPRODUCTIVE BEHAVIOR;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMAL; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ARTICLE; FEMALE; MADAGASCAR; PHYSIOLOGY; POPULATION DENSITY; PROSIMIAN; REPRODUCTION; SOCIAL DOMINANCE;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; FEMALE; LEMUR; MADAGASCAR; POPULATION DENSITY; REPRODUCTION; SOCIAL DOMINANCE;

LEMUR; LEMUR CATTA; LEMURIDAE; STREPSIRHINI;

EID: 40849136377     PISSN: 00328332     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10329-007-0076-8     Document Type: Article

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