Total energy expenditure and body composition in two free-living sympatric lemurs.

<h4>Background</h4>Evolutionary theories that account for the unusual socio-ecological traits and life history features of group-living prosimians, compared with other primates, predict behavioral and physiological mechanisms to conserve energy. Low energy output and possible fattening m...

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Main Authors: Bruno Simmen, Françoise Bayart, Hanta Rasamimanana, Alexandre Zahariev, Stéphane Blanc, Patrick Pasquet
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2010-03-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/pmid/20360848/?tool=EBI