Mass mortality of Japanese macaques in a western coastal forest of Yakushima
โ Scribed by Goro HANYA; Miki MATSUBARA; Hideki SUGIURA; Sachiko HAYAKAWA; Shunji GOTO; Toshiaki TANAKA; Joseph SOLTIS; Naohiko NOMA
- Book ID
- 108944364
- Publisher
- Springer
- Year
- 2004
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 171 KB
- Volume
- 19
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0912-3814
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