Use of local North Carolina browse species to supplement the diet of a captive colony of folivorous primates (Propithecus sp.)

Zoo Biology

Volumn 20, Issue 6, 2001, Pages 447-461

  Campbell, Jennifer L ^a   Glenn, Kelly M ^b   Grossi, Brian ^b   Eisemann, Joan H ^a  

^a NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 0035566820     PISSN: 07333188     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/zoo.10007     Document Type: Article

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