Body weight, diet and home range area in primates
β Scribed by Milton, Katharine; May, Michael L.
- Book ID
- 109698201
- Publisher
- Nature Publishing Group
- Year
- 1976
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 415 KB
- Volume
- 259
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0028-0836
- DOI
- 10.1038/259459a0
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