Sociogenetic structures, dispersal and the risk of inbreeding in a small nocturnal lemur, the golden-brown mouse lemur (Microcebus ravelobensis)

Behaviour

Volumn 146, Issue 4-5, 2009, Pages 607-628

  Radespiel, U ^a   Juric M ^a   Zimmermann, E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VETERINARY MEDICINE HANNOVER   (Germany)

Author keywords

Madagascar; Matrilinear organisation; Microsatellites; Philopatry; Sleeping group

Indexed keywords

LEMUR; MICROCEBUS RAVELOBENSIS; MICROCEBUS RUFUS; PRIMATES; STREPSIRHINI;

EID: 66749111294     PISSN: 00057959     EISSN: 1568539X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1163/156853909X426372     Document Type: Article

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