Out of Sight but Not Out of Mind? Behavioral Coordination in Red-Tailed Sportive Lemurs (Lepilemur ruficaudatus)

International Journal of Primatology

Volumn 32, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 1383-1396

  Fichtel, Claudia ^a   Zucchini, Walter ^a   Hilgartner, Roland ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GÖTTINGEN   (Germany)

^b GERMAN PRIMATE CENTER   (Germany)

Author keywords

Behavioral synchrony; Coordination; Red tailed sportive lemurs; Sociality

Indexed keywords

ACTIVITY PATTERN; BEHAVIORAL ECOLOGY; EUSOCIALITY; FORAGING BEHAVIOR; GAME THEORY; GROUP BEHAVIOR; NOCTURNAL ACTIVITY; PRIMATE; SYNCHRONY;

KIRINDY FOREST; MADAGASCAR; TOLIARA;

ANIMALIA; LEMURIDAE; LEPILEMUR RUFICAUDATUS;

EID: 82555170221     PISSN: 01640291     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10764-011-9551-6     Document Type: Article

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