Pair living and mating strategies in the fat-tailed dwarf lemur (Cheirogaleus medius)

Monogamy: Mating Strategies and Partnerships in Birds, Humans and Other Mammals

Volumn , Issue , 2013, Pages 214-231

  Fietz, Joanna ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ULM   (Germany)

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EID: 84923407974     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1017/CBO9781139087247.014     Document Type: Chapter

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