Female dominance in indri indri

Pollock, Jon

Abstract

A total of 15 months were spent on field research in eastern Madagascar studying the largest extant lemur Indri indri. Social relationships were analysed according to the frequency and direction of affiliative and agonistic behaviours, and with respect to the relative tree positions and behavioural synchrony of group members. The relationship between the adult male and adult female in each group was distinguished by the sub-ordinance of the former. Between group variation in adults’ relationships are examined with respect to the function of this behaviour. © 1979 S. Karger AG, Basel.

Citation

Pollock, J. (1979). Female dominance in indri indri. Folia Primatologica, 31(1-2), 143-164. https://doi.org/10.1159/000155877

• Journal Article Type: Article
• Publication Date: Jan 1, 1979
• Journal: Folia Primatologica
• Print ISSN: 0015-5713
• Publisher: Karger Publishers
• Peer Reviewed: Peer Reviewed
• Volume: 31
• Issue: 1-2
• Pages: 143-164
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.1159/000155877
• Keywords: female dominance, Indri indri
• Public URL: https://uwe-repository.worktribe.com/output/1114287
• Publisher URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1159/000155877