Effects of food, proximity, and kinship on social behavior in ringtailed lemurs

American Journal of Primatology

Volumn 72, Issue 11, 2010, Pages 981-991

  Sbeglia, Gena C ^a   Tang Martinez, Zuleyma ^a   Sussman, Robert W ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI ST LOUIS   (United States)

^b WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Affiliation; Agonism; Kinship; Proximity; Ringtailed lemur; Socioecological model

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; AFFILIATIVE BEHAVIOR; AGONISTIC BEHAVIOR; FOOD; KINSHIP; PRIMATE;

DURHAM [NORTH CAROLINA]; NORTH CAROLINA; UNITED STATES;

LEMUR; LEMUR CATTA; LEMURIDAE; PRIMATES;

AGGRESSION; ANIMAL; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ARTICLE; CATERING SERVICE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COMPETITIVE BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; LEMURIDAE; MALE; POPULATION DENSITY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR;

AGGRESSION; ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; COMPETITIVE BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; FOOD SUPPLY; LEMUR; MALE; POPULATION DENSITY; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR;

EID: 78649501683     PISSN: 02752565     EISSN: 10982345     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ajp.20853     Document Type: Article

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