Long-term lemur research at centre Valbio, Ranomafana National Park, Madagascar

Long-Term Field Studies of Primates

Volumn 9783642225147, Issue , 2012, Pages 67-100

  Wright, Patricia C ^a   Erhart, Elizabeth M ^b   Tecot, Stacey ^c   Baden, Andrea L ^a   Arrigo Nelson, Summer J ^d   Herrera, James ^a   Morelli, Toni Lyn ^e   Blanco, Marina B ^f   Deppe, Anja ^a   Atsalis, Sylvia ^g   Johnson, Steig ^h   Ratelolahy, Felix ⁱ   Tan, Chia ^g   Zohdy, Sarah ^j  

^a STONY BROOK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b TEXAS STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

^d CALIFORNIA UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS   (United States)

^g INSTITUTE FOR CONSERVATION RESEARCH   (United States)

^h UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

ⁱ WILDLIFE CONSERVATION SOCIETY   (Madagascar)

^j UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

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DOI: 10.1007/978-3-642-22514-7_4     Document Type: Chapter

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