Costs and benefits of multi-male associations in redfronted lemurs (Eulemur fulvus rufus)

Biology Letters

Volumn 6, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 620-622

  Port, Markus ^a   Johnstone, Rufus A ^a   Kappeler, Peter M ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^b Department of Behavioral Ecology and Sociobioloy   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GÖTTINGEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Cooperation; Eulemur; Group living; Reproductive competition

Indexed keywords

BEHAVIORAL ECOLOGY; COMPETITION (ECOLOGY); DOMINANCE; GROUP BEHAVIOR; PRIMATE; REPRODUCTIVE COST;

EULEMUR; EULEMUR FULVUS RUFUS; LEMURIDAE; STREPSIRHINI;

EID: 77958478352     PISSN: 17449561     EISSN: 1744957X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rsbl.2010.0091     Document Type: Article

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