Grooming patterns in verreaux's sifaka

American Journal of Primatology

Volumn 72, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 254-261

  Lewis, Rebecca J ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MD ANDERSON CANCER CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Affiliation; Lemur; Prosimian; Sex differences; Strepsirrhine

Indexed keywords

BEHAVIORAL ECOLOGY; BREEDING SEASON; ECTOPARASITE; GROOMING; PRIMATE; SEASONAL VARIATION; SEX-RELATED DIFFERENCE; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR;

AGE; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; FEMALE; GROOMING; MALE; PROSIMIAN; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SEASON; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR;

AGE FACTORS; ANIMALS; FEMALE; GROOMING; MALE; SEASONS; SEX FACTORS; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; STREPSIRHINI;

KIRINDY FOREST; MADAGASCAR; TOLIARA;

LEMUR; LEMURIDAE; PROPITHECUS; PROPITHECUS VERREAUXI; SIMIIFORMES; STREPSIRHINI;

EID: 75449110614     PISSN: 02752565     EISSN: 10982345     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ajp.20776     Document Type: Article

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