Geographic variation in loud calls of sportive lemurs (Lepilemur ssp.) and their implications for conservation

American Journal of Primatology

Volumn 70, Issue 9, 2008, Pages 828-838

  Méndez Cárdenas, Maria ^a   Randrianambinina, Blanchard ^a,b   Rabesandratana, Andriatahiana ^a,b   Rasoloharijaona, Solofonirina ^a,b   Zimmermann, Elke ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VETERINARY MEDICINE HANNOVER   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ANTANANARIVO   (Madagascar)

Author keywords

Bioacoustics; Communication; Evolution; Phylogeny; Primate; Taxonomy

Indexed keywords

CALLING BEHAVIOR; COMMUNICATION BEHAVIOR; EVOLUTION; GEOGRAPHICAL VARIATION; PARSIMONY ANALYSIS; PHYLOGENY; PRIMATE; SPECIES CONSERVATION; TAXONOMY; BIOACOUSTICS; CRYPSIS; RECONSTRUCTION; TOPOLOGY;

INDIAN OCEAN; INDIAN OCEAN ISLANDS; MADAGASCAR;

LEMURIDAE; LEPILEMUR; PRIMATES; STREPSIRHINI;

ACOUSTICS; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; DEMOGRAPHY; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; MADAGASCAR; PHYSIOLOGY; PROSIMIAN; VOCALIZATION;

ACOUSTICS; ANIMALS; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; DEMOGRAPHY; ECOSYSTEM; LEMURIDAE; MADAGASCAR; VOCALIZATION, ANIMAL;

EID: 53049105952     PISSN: 02752565     EISSN: 10982345     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ajp.20554     Document Type: Article

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