Timely estrus in wild brown mouse lemur females at Ranomafana national park, southeastern Madagascar

American Journal of Physical Anthropology

Volumn 145, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 311-317

  Blanco, Marina B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS   (United States)

Author keywords

estrous onset; Microcebus rufus; periodicities; reproduction

Indexed keywords

RAIN;

AGE; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; BROWN MOUSE LEMUR; ESTRUS CYCLE; FEMALE; LEMURIDAE; MADAGASCAR; NONHUMAN; REPRODUCTION; SEASONAL VARIATION; WILD ANIMAL;

ANIMAL IDENTIFICATION SYSTEMS; ANIMALS; ANIMALS, WILD; CHEIROGALEIDAE; ESTRUS; FEMALE; MADAGASCAR; MALE; PHOTOPERIOD; RAIN; SEASONS; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 79956199424     PISSN: 00029483     EISSN: 10968644     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ajpa.21503     Document Type: Article

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