Seasonal Changes in Feeding Ecology and Activity Patterns of Two Sympatric Mouse Lemur Species, the Gray Mouse Lemur (Microcebus murinus) and the Golden-brown Mouse Lemur (M. ravelobensis), in Northwestern Madagascar

International Journal of Primatology

Volumn 32, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 566-586

  Thorén, Sandra ^a   Quietzsch, Franziska ^a   Schwochow, Doreen ^b   Sehen, Lalandy ^a,c   Meusel, Christopher ^a   Meares, Kate ^a   Radespiel, Ute ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VETERINARY MEDICINE HANNOVER   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ANTANANARIVO   (Madagascar)

Author keywords

Activity budget; Diet; Feeding ecology; Niche differentiation; Seasonality

Indexed keywords

ACTIVITY PATTERN; BIOENERGETICS; COEXISTENCE; COMMON ANCESTRY; DECIDUOUS FOREST; DIETARY OVERLAP; FEEDING ECOLOGY; FOOD AVAILABILITY; FOOD LIMITATION; INTERSPECIFIC VARIATION; LOCOMOTION; MORPHOLOGY; NICHE PARTITIONING; PHENOLOGY; PRIMATE; SEASONALITY; SYMPATRY;

MADAGASCAR;

ARTHROPODA; LEMUR; LEMURIDAE; MICROCEBUS MURINUS; MICROCEBUS RAVELOBENSIS; MICROCEBUS RUFUS;

EID: 79955536921     PISSN: 01640291     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10764-010-9488-1     Document Type: Article

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