Composition of the diet of lowland gorillas at Lopé in Gabon
✍ Scribed by Dr. Elizabeth A. Williamson; Caroline E. G. Tutin; M. Elizabeth Rogers; Michel Fernandez
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons
- Year
- 1990
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 903 KB
- Volume
- 21
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0275-2565
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