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An association between marmosets and army ants in Brazil

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  10 July 2009

A. B. Rylands
Affiliation:
Departamento de Zoologia, Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais, Belo HorizonteMinas Gerais, Brazil
M. A. O. M. Da Cruz
Affiliation:
Departamento de Morfologia e Fisiologia Animal, Universidade Federal Rural de PernambucoRecife, PernambucoBrazil
S. F. Ferrari
Affiliation:
Department of Anthropology, University College, London WC1E 6BT, England

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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1989

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