Comparative feeding ecology of sympatric Microcebus berthae and M. murinus

International Journal of Primatology

Volumn 29, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 1567-1589

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

^a GERMAN PRIMATE CENTER   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GÖTTINGEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Coexistence; Feeding ecology; Microcebus; Seasonality

Indexed keywords

COEXISTENCE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DATA SET; DECIDUOUS FOREST; FECES; FEEDING ECOLOGY; FOOD AVAILABILITY; FRUIT; NICHE OVERLAP; NICHE PARTITIONING; OMNIVORY; PRIMATE; RESOURCE AVAILABILITY; RESOURCE USE; SEASONAL VARIATION; SEASONALITY; SYMPATRY;

INDIAN OCEAN; INDIAN OCEAN ISLANDS; KIRINDY FOREST; MADAGASCAR; TOLIARA;

ANIMALIA; ARTHROPODA; HEXAPODA; LEMURIDAE; MICROCEBUS; MICROCEBUS BERTHAE; MICROCEBUS MURINUS; PRIMATES; STREPSIRHINI; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 57649221937     PISSN: 01640291     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10764-008-9312-3     Document Type: Article

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