Surveys on Propithecus verreauxi deckeni, a melanistic variant, and P. v. coronatus in north-west Madagascar

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Volumn 32, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 157-164

  Curtis, Deborah J ^c   Velo, Arsène ^b   Raheliarisoa, Evelyne Odette ^b   Zaramody, Alphonse ^b   Müller, Pie ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b Campus Universitaire d'Ambondrona   (Madagascar)

^c NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HYBRIDIZATION; MADAGASCAR;

PROPITHECUS; PROPITHECUS SP.; PROPITHECUS VERREAUXI; PROPITHECUS VERREAUXI DECKENI;

EID: 0031891989     PISSN: 00306053     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-3008.1998.d01-25.x     Document Type: Article

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