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11 - The Effects of Humans on the Primate Nutritional Landscape

A Review

from Part III - Climate Change in the Anthropocene

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  25 January 2019

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Jessica M. Rothman  and
Margaret A. H. Bryer
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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. 199 - 215
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Print publication year: 2019

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