Morphometrics and pattern of growth in wild sifakas (Propithecus edwardsi) at ranomafana national park, Madagascar

American Journal of Primatology

Volumn 73, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 155-172

  King, Stephen J ^a,b   Morelli, Toni Lyn ^c,d   Arrigo Nelson, Summer ^d,e   Ratelolahy, Félix J ^d   Godfrey, Laurie R ^b   Wyatt, Jeffrey ^d,f   Tecot, Stacey ^a,d,g   Jernvall, Jukka ^a,h   Wright, Patricia C ^a,d,h  

^a STONY BROOK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS   (United States)

^c PACIFIC SOUTHWEST RESEARCH STATION   (United States)

^d Ranomafana National Park   (Madagascar)

^e CALIFORNIA UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^g UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

^h UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

Author keywords

Longitudinal; Morphometrics; Propithecus; Ranomafana National Park; Sexual dimorphism

Indexed keywords

BODY MASS; GROWTH RATE; LONGITUDINAL GRADIENT; MORPHOMETRY; PRECIPITATION INTENSITY; PREGNANCY; PRIMATE; RAINFALL; RAINFOREST; SEXUAL DIMORPHISM; TOOTH; WILD POPULATION;

AGING; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIOMETRY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; ENVIRONMENT; FEMALE; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; HISTOLOGY; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MADAGASCAR; MALE; PHYSIOLOGY; PREGNANCY; PROSIMIAN; REPRODUCTION; SEXUAL DEVELOPMENT; TOOTH;

AGING; ANIMALS; BIOMETRY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; ENVIRONMENT; FEMALE; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MADAGASCAR; MALE; PREGNANCY; REPRODUCTION; SEX CHARACTERISTICS; STREPSIRHINI; TOOTH;

MADAGASCAR; RANOMAFANA NATIONAL PARK;

PROPITHECUS; PROPITHECUS EDWARDSI;

EID: 78650230176     PISSN: 02752565     EISSN: 10982345     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ajp.20881     Document Type: Article

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