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| List of Figures | |
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| List of Tables | |
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| Preface | |
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| Mouse Lemurs: The World's Smallest Primates | |
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| The Cheirogaleidae | |
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| Researching the Brown Mouse Lemur | |
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| Mouse Lemur Species | |
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| Mouse Lemur Distribution | |
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| Distinctive Features of the Cheirogaleidae | |
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| Researching the Brown Mouse Lemur | |
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| Description of the Study Site | |
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| Rainfall and Temperature Patterns | |
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| Phenological Monitoring | |
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| Flowering and Fruiting Patterns | |
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| Insect Availability | |
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| Live-Trapping Mouse Lemurs | |
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| Observing Mouse Lemurs | |
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| Diet and Feeding Ecology | |
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| The Diet of Mouse Lemurs | |
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| Investigating Diet in the Brown Mouse Lemur | |
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| Use of Plants and Prey | |
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| Frugivory | |
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| Bakerella, the Fruit of Preference | |
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| Beetles, the Prey of Preference | |
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| Other Organic Matter Found in Fecal Samples | |
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| Fruit: Availability and Consumption | |
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| Phytochemical Analysis of Fruits Eaten | |
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| Animal Prey: Availability and Consumption | |
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| Observations of Mouse Lemurs Feeding | |
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| Mouse Lemurs and Mistletoes | |
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| Mouse Lemurs and Beetles | |
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| Comparing the Diets of Mouse Lemur Species | |
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| What Can Mouse Lemurs Tell Us about Primate Origins | |
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| Fecal Sampling as a Way to Study Diet | |
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| Suggested Directions for Future Studies | |
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| Summary | |
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| Seasonal Changes in Body Mass and Activity Levels | |
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| How Small Mammals Respond to Climatic and Resource Fluctuations | |
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| Seasonal Fluctuations in the Cheirogaleidae | |
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| Investigating Seasonal Fluctuations in the Brown Mouse Lemur | |
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| Fattening and Hilbernation | |
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| Population Fluctuations in Body Mass, Tail Circumference, and Activity Levels | |
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| Differences in Seasonal Response at RNP | |
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| Comparing Seasonal Responses of Mouse Lemur Species | |
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| Emerging from Hibernation | |
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| Sleeping Nests | |
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| The Effects of Trapping | |
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| Suggested Directions for Future Studies | |
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| Summary | |
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| The Social Life of the Brown Mouse Lemur | |
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| Sociality in Nocturnal Strepsirrhines | |
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| Investigating Social Organization in the Brown Mouse Lemur | |
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| Social Interactions of the Brown Mouse Lemur | |
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| The Solitary Mouse Lemur | |
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| Understanding Spatial Distribution Through Trap Data | |
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| Changes in Population Composition | |
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| Seasonal Fluctuations in Trap Sex Ratio | |
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| Migration Patterns and Population Continuity | |
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| Population Residents | |
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| Scramble and Contest Competition | |
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| Suggested Directions for Future Studies | |
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| Summary | |
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| Reproduction in the Brown Mouse Lemurs | |
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| Reproductive Patterns of Mouse Lemurs | |
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| Assessing Reproductive Condition in the Brown Mouse Lemur | |
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| Testicular Enlargement, Estrous Cycles, Gestation, and Births | |
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| Reproductive Seasonality | |
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| The Advantages of Estrous Synchrony | |
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| Postpartum Estrus | |
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| Atypical Estrus | |
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| Male Reproductive Patterns | |
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| Young Mouse Lemurs | |
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| Female Reproductive Potential | |
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| Summary | |
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| The Annual Cycle of the Brown Mouse Lemur: An Overview | |
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| A Year in the Life of the Brown Mouse Lemur | |
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| Local Ecologies | |
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| Mouse Lemurs as Small Mammals | |
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| The Future | |
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| References | |
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| Index | |