Leaf chemistry as a predictor of primate biomass and the mediating role of food selection: A case study in a folivorous lemur (Propithecus verreauxi)

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• Publication year

  2014

• Venue

  American Journal of Primatology

• Publication date

  2014-06-01

• Fields of study

  Biology, Medicine, Environmental Science

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  DOI 10.1002/ajp.22249PMID 24310981
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  Semantic Scholar, PubMed

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