Food Preferences and Nutrient Composition in Captive Spider Monkeys, Ateles geoffroyi
β Scribed by Matthias Laska; Laura Teresa Hernandez Salazar; Ernesto Rodriguez Luna
- Book ID
- 110225477
- Publisher
- Springer US
- Year
- 2000
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 72 KB
- Volume
- 21
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0164-0291
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