Understanding foraging flexibility in urban vervet monkeys, Chlorocebus pygerythrus, for the benefit of human-wildlife coexistence
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عنوان ژورنال: Urban Ecosystems
سال: 2020
ISSN: 1083-8155,1573-1642
DOI: 10.1007/s11252-020-01014-1