Bonnet Macaques : Evolutionary Perspectives on Females ’ Lives
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Flexibility in Food Extraction Techniques in Urban Free-Ranging Bonnet Macaques, Macaca radiata
Non-human primate populations, other than responding appropriately to naturally occurring challenges, also need to cope with anthropogenic factors such as environmental pollution, resource depletion, and habitat destruction. Populations and individuals are likely to show considerable variations in food extraction abilities, with some populations and individuals more efficient than others at exp...
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