Small-scale coexistence of two mouse lemur species (Microcebus berthae and M. murinus) within a homogeneous competitive environment

Oecologia

Volumn 157, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 473-483

  Dammhahn, Melanie ^a   Kappeler, Peter M ^a,b  

^a GERMAN PRIMATE CENTER   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GÖTTINGEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Coexistence; Congenerics; Interspecific Competition; Microcebus; Spatial patterns

Indexed keywords

AGGREGATION; COEXISTENCE; INTERSPECIFIC COMPETITION; MARK-RECAPTURE METHOD; PRIMATE; SPECIES RICHNESS;

INDIAN OCEAN; INDIAN OCEAN ISLANDS; MADAGASCAR;

LEMUR; LEMURIDAE; MICROCEBUS; MICROCEBUS BERTHAE; MICROCEBUS MURINUS; STREPSIRHINI;

EID: 49249124541     PISSN: 00298549     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00442-008-1079-x     Document Type: Article

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