Walk the line-dispersal movements of gray mouse lemurs (Microcebus murinus)

Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology

Volumn 66, Issue 8, 2012, Pages 1175-1185

  Schliehe Diecks, Susanne ^a,b   Eberle, Manfred ^b   Kappeler, Peter M ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GÖTTINGEN   (Germany)

^b GERMAN PRIMATE CENTER   (Germany)

Author keywords

Dispersal movements; Microcebus murinus; Natal dispersal; Transfer; Translocation

Indexed keywords

DISPERSAL; HOME RANGE; MOVEMENT; NOCTURNAL ACTIVITY; POPULATION STRUCTURE; PRIMATE; TRANSLOCATION;

LEMURIDAE; MICROCEBUS MURINUS; PRIMATES;

EID: 84864333861     PISSN: 03405443     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00265-012-1371-y     Document Type: Article

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