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Ladies first.(LETTERS)(Letter to the Editor)
Publication: Natural History Publication Date: 01-SEP-05 Author: Berliner, Hans J. ; Agreen, Russ ; Powzyk, Joyce A.
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COPYRIGHT 2005 Natural History Magazine, Inc.
In their article "Dance of the Sexes" [6/05], Sharon T. Pochron and Patricia C. Wright ask why female lemurs are dominant over males in most groups of lemurs. I venture that the answer is found in the authors' own observation: "By the end of her lifespan, a female sifaka will rarely have more than one daughter that survives to reproduce." Anything that adversely affects the fecundity or the reproductive longevity of a female puts the entire species at risk. Under those circumstances,...
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