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Comparison of seed dispersal by guenons in Kenya and capuchins in Panama

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  10 July 2009

Thelma E. Rowell  and
Betsy J. Mitchell
Thelma E. Rowell
Affiliation:
Department of Integrative Biology, University of California Berkeley, CA 94720
Betsy J. Mitchell
Affiliation:
Department of Integrative Biology, University of California Berkeley, CA 94720
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Keywords

Barro Colorado IslandCebusCercopithecusfrugivoryKakamegaKenyaPanamaprimateseed dispersal
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Journal of Tropical Ecology , Volume 7 , Issue 2 , May 1991 , pp. 269 - 274
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1991

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