Females go where the food is: Does the socio-ecological model explain variation in social organisation of solitary foragers?

Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology

Volumn 63, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 939-952

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

^a GERMAN PRIMATE CENTER   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GÖTTINGEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Intra specific competition; Microcebus; Social organisation; Socio ecological model; Solitary foragers

Indexed keywords

ECOLOGICAL MODELING; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE BEHAVIOR; FORAGING BEHAVIOR; INTRASPECIFIC COMPETITION; PREDICTION; PRIMATE; RESOURCE ALLOCATION; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL ORGANIZATION; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION;

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

LEMURIDAE; MICROCEBUS; MICROCEBUS BERTHAE; MICROCEBUS MURINUS; PRIMATES; STREPSIRHINI;

EID: 63149104645     PISSN: 03405443     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00265-009-0737-2     Document Type: Article

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