Coordination of Group Movements in Wild Red-fronted Lemurs (Eulemur rufifrons): Processes and Influence of Ecological and Reproductive Seasonality

International Journal of Primatology

Volumn 32, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 1325-1347

  Pyritz, Lennart W ^a,b   Kappeler, Peter M ^a,b   Fichtel, Claudia ^a,b  

^a GERMAN PRIMATE CENTER   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GÖTTINGEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Cohesion; Eulemur rufifrons; Followership; Leadership; Overtaking

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE CLASS; BREEDING SEASON; DOMINANCE; GPS; GROUP BEHAVIOR; HOME RANGE; MOVEMENT; PRIMATE; RECRUITMENT (POPULATION DYNAMICS); SEASONALITY; SEX ALLOCATION;

KIRINDY FOREST; MADAGASCAR; TOLIARA;

EULEMUR; LEMUR; LEMURIDAE; PRIMATES; SIMIIFORMES;

EID: 82555187041     PISSN: 01640291     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10764-011-9549-0     Document Type: Article

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