Reproductive strategies in Lemur catta: Balance among sending, receiving, and countermarking scent signals

International Journal of Primatology

Volumn 25, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 1019-1031

  Palagi, E ^a   Telara, S ^a   Tarli, S M Borgognini ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PISA   (Italy)

^b Dipartimento di Etologia

Author keywords

captive Lemur catta; reproductive strategies; scent signals; sending receiving concealing tactics

Indexed keywords

OLFACTION; PRIMATE; REPRODUCTIVE STRATEGY; SCENT MARKING; ZOO;

EURASIA; EUROPE; ITALY; PISTOIA; SOUTHERN EUROPE; TUSCANY;

LEMUR CATTA; LEMURIDAE; PRIMATES; STREPSIRHINI; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 5444230826     PISSN: 01640291     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/B:IJOP.0000043349.23082.c0     Document Type: Conference Paper

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