The values and challenges of long-term field studies

Long-Term Field Studies of Primates

Volumn , Issue , 2013, Pages 3-18

  Kappeler, Peter M ^a,b   Van Schaik, Carel P ^c   Watts, David P ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GÖTTINGEN   (Germany)

^b GERMAN PRIMATE CENTER   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^d YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 84929573170     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1007/978-3-642-22514-7_1     Document Type: Chapter

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