Rates of agonism by diurnal lemuroids: Implications for female social relationships

International Journal of Primatology

Volumn 29, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 1227-1247

  Erhart, Elizabeth M ^a   Overdorff, Deborah J ^b  

^a TEXAS STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

Author keywords

Agonism; Feeding competition; Female relationships; Lemuroids

Indexed keywords

DISPERSAL; DOMINANCE; ECOLOGICAL MODELING; EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; INTERSPECIFIC COMPETITION; INTRASPECIFIC COMPETITION; PARENT-OFFSPRING INTERACTION; PHILOPATRY; PRIMATE; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; TAXONOMY;

EULEMUR; HAPALEMUR; INDRI; LEMUR; LEMUR CATTA; PROPITHECUS; PROPITHECUS EDWARDSI; STREPSIRHINI; VARECIA;

EID: 54449092762     PISSN: 01640291     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10764-008-9287-0     Document Type: Article

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