Health status and nesting pattern in male gray mouse lemurs (Microcebus murinus)

Revue d'Ecologie (La Terre et la Vie)

Volumn 64, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 197-205

  Aujard, Fabienne ^a   Perret, Martine ^a  

^a CNRS   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BREEDING SEASON; CAPTIVE BREEDING; DEVELOPMENTAL BIOLOGY; GROUP BEHAVIOR; HYPOTHESIS TESTING; IMMUNE SYSTEM; NOCTURNAL ACTIVITY; PRIMATE; RODENT; THERMOREGULATION;

LEMURIDAE; MICROCEBUS MURINUS; PRIMATES; STREPSIRHINI;

EID: 77956369118     PISSN: 02497395     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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