Leaf nest use and construction in the golden-brown mouse lemur (Microcebus ravelobensis) in the Ankarafantsika National Park

American Journal of Primatology

Volumn 72, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 48-55

  Thorén, Sandra ^a   Quietzsch, Franziska ^a   Radespie, Ute ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VETERINARY MEDICINE HANNOVER   (Germany)

Author keywords

Ecology; Madagascar; Shelter; Sleeping site

Indexed keywords

COEXISTENCE; INTERSPECIFIC COMPETITION; NESTING; PRIMATE; SHELTER; SPATIAL ANALYSIS; SYMPATRY; TEMPORAL ANALYSIS; THERMOREGULATION;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; FEMALE; MADAGASCAR; NESTING; PHYSIOLOGY; PLANT LEAF; PROSIMIAN; REPRODUCTION; SEASON; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR;

ANIMALS; CHEIROGALEIDAE; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; FEMALE; MADAGASCAR; NESTING BEHAVIOR; PLANT LEAVES; REPRODUCTION; SEASONS; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL;

ANKARAFANTSIKA NATIONAL PARK; INDIAN OCEAN; INDIAN OCEAN ISLANDS; MADAGASCAR; MAHAJANGA;

LEMUR; MICROCEBUS MURINUS; MICROCEBUS RAVELOBENSIS; MICROCEBUS RUFUS; STREPSIRHINI;

EID: 70450186450     PISSN: 02752565     EISSN: 10982345     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ajp.20750     Document Type: Article

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