Seed dispersal by woolly monkeys in Cueva de los Guacharos National Park (Colombia): An Amazonian primate dispersing montane plants

High Altitude Primates

Volumn , Issue , 2014, Pages 103-114

  Ramírez, Mónica A ^a   Galvis, Nelson F ^a   Vargas, Sergio A ^a   Léon, José Julián ^a   Cifuentes, Edgar F ^a   Stevenson, Pablo R ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD DE LOS ANDES   (Colombia)

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EID: 85028846724     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1007/978-1-4614-8175-1_6     Document Type: Chapter

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