Small folivorous primate groups exhibit behavioral and physiological effects of food scarcity
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Tara R. Harris, Colin A. Chapman, and Steven L. Monfort Department of Primatology, Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology, Deutscher Platz 6, Leipzig, Germany 04103, Conservation and Research Center, Smithsonian National Zoo, 1500 Remount Road, Front Royal, VA 22630, Department of Anthropology and McGill School of Environment, 855 Sherbrooke St. West, McGill University, Montreal, Quebec, H3A 2T7 Canada, and Wildlife Conservation Society, 2300 Southern Boulevard, Bronx, New York 10460
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تاریخ انتشار 2009