Fragment-adaptive behavioural strategies and intersite variation in the ring-tailed lemur (Lemur catta) in south-central Madagascar

Primates in Fragments: Complexity and Resilience

Volumn , Issue , 2013, Pages 227-243

  Cameron, Alex ^a   Gould, Lisa ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VICTORIA   (Canada)

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EID: 84944152866     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1007/978-1-4614-8839-2_16     Document Type: Chapter

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