Male-biased dominance in greater bamboo lemurs (<i>Prolemur simus</i>)

Sidler, Lilith; Rode-White, Johanna; Kappeler, Peter M.

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Male-biased dominance in greater bamboo lemurs (Prolemur simus)

Lilith Sidler, Johanna Rode-White, and Peter M. Kappeler

Lilith Sidler

Department of Sociobiology/Anthropology, University of Göttingen, 37077 Göttingen, Germany

Johanna Rode-White

Cologne Zoo, 50735 Cologne, Germany

Peter M. Kappeler

CORRESPONDING AUTHOR

pkappel@gwdg.de

https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4801-487X

Department of Sociobiology/Anthropology, University of Göttingen, 37077 Göttingen, Germany

Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology Unit, German Primate Center, Leibniz Institute of Primatology, 37077 Göttingen, Germany

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