Variation in primate abundance along an elevational gradient in the Udzungwa Mountains of Tanzania

High Altitude Primates

Volumn , Issue , 2014, Pages 211-226

  Barelli, Claudia ^a,b   Gallardo Palacios, Juan F ^b   Rovero, Francesco ^a,c  

^a MUSE Museo delle Scienze   (Italy)

^b GERMAN PRIMATE CENTER   (Germany)

^c Udzungwa Mountains National Park   (Tanzania)

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EID: 84923852718     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1007/978-1-4614-8175-1_12     Document Type: Chapter

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