Diet of the Brown Mouse Lemur (Microcebus rufus) in Ranomafana National Park, Madagascar

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• Publication year

  1999

• Venue

  International journal of primatology

• Publication date

  1999-04-01

• Fields of study

  Biology, Environmental Science

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  DOI 10.1023/A:1020518419038
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