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7 - The Immediate Impact of Selective Logging on Rwenzori Angolan Colobus (Colobus angolensis ruwenzorii) at Lake Nabugabo, Uganda

from Part II - Habitat Alteration in the Anthropocene

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  25 January 2019

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Julie A. Teichroeb ,
Gregory R. Bridgett ,
Amélie Corriveau  and
Dennis Twinomugisha
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Alison M. Behie ,
Julie A. Teichroeb  and
Nicholas Malone
Alison M. Behie
Affiliation:
Australian National University, Canberra
Julie A. Teichroeb
Affiliation:
University of Toronto, Scarborough
Nicholas Malone
Affiliation:
University of Auckland
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Primate Research and Conservation in the Anthropocene , pp. 120 - 140
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Print publication year: 2019

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