Distribution and Morphological Variation of Microcebus spp. Along an Environmental Gradient in Southeastern Madagascar

International Journal of Primatology

Volumn 32, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 1037-1057

  Rakotondranary, S Jacques ^a   Hapke, Andreas ^b   Ganzhorn, Jörg U ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAMBURG   (Germany)

^b JOHANNES GUTENBERG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Competition; Evolution; Lemurs; Niche; Primates; Southeastern Madagascar

Indexed keywords

ALLOPATRY; BODY MASS; ECOTONE; ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS; ENVIRONMENTAL GRADIENT; EVERGREEN FOREST; HABITAT TYPE; HUMID ENVIRONMENT; INTERSPECIFIC COMPETITION; MORPHOLOGY; NICHE OVERLAP; PRIMATE; SPECIATION (BIOLOGY); SYMPATRY;

MADAGASCAR;

LEMUR; LEMURIDAE; MICROCEBUS; MICROCEBUS GRISEORUFUS; MICROCEBUS MURINUS; MICROCEBUS RUFUS; PRIMATES;

EID: 80053569786     PISSN: 01640291     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10764-011-9521-z     Document Type: Article

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