Geographical Variation in Duet Songs of Sulawesi Tarsiers: Evidence for New Cryptic Species in South and Southeast Sulawesi

International Journal of Primatology

Volumn 31, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 1123-1146

  Burton, James A ^a,b,c   Nietsch, Alexandra ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^b EARTHWATCH INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

^c Hope House   (United Kingdom)

^d FREIE UNIVERSITÄT BERLIN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Biogeography; Duet vocalization; Sulawesi tarsiers; Tarsier species; Taxonomy

Indexed keywords

BIOGEOGRAPHY; CRYPSIS; GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION; GEOGRAPHICAL VARIATION; ISOLATED POPULATION; MORPHOLOGY; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PRIMATE; SONG; TAXONOMY;

BUTON; CENTRAL SULAWESI; GREATER SUNDA ISLANDS; INDONESIA; SOUTHEAST SULAWESI; SULAWESI; SUNDA ISLES; TOGIAN ISLANDS;

TARSIUS; TARSIUS DIANAE; TARSIUS SPECTRUM; TARSIUS SYRICHTA;

EID: 78649841404     PISSN: 01640291     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10764-010-9449-8     Document Type: Article

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