Habituating primates: Processes, techniques, variables and ethics

Field and Laboratory Methods in Primatology: A Practical Guide, Second Edition

Volumn , Issue , 2011, Pages 33-50

  Williamson, Elizabeth A ^a   Feistner, Anna T C ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF STIRLING   (United Kingdom)

^b WWF Dzanga Sangha Protected Areas ^*  (South Africa)

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DOI: 10.1017/CBO9780511921643.004     Document Type: Chapter

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