Reproductive energetics in free-living female chimpanzees (Pan troglodytes schweinfurthii)
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Carson M. Murray, Elizabeth V. Lonsdorf, Lynn E. Eberly, and Anne E. Pusey Lester E. Fisher Center for the Study and Conservation of Apes, Lincoln Park Zoo, 2001 North Clark Street, Chicago, IL 60614, USA, Department of Biostatistics, School of Public Health, University of Minnesota, 420 Delaware Street SE, Minneapolis, MN 55455, USA, and Jane Goodall Institute’s Center for Primate Studies, Department of Ecology, Evolution, and Behavior, University of Minnesota, 1987 Upper Buford Circle, St. Paul, MN 55108, USA
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