Notes and records Golden monkey populations decline despite improved protection in Mgahinga Gorilla National Park, Uganda
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Golden monkey populations decline despite improved protection in Mgahinga Gorilla National Park, Uganda Dennis Twinomugisha and Colin A. Chapman* Institute of Environment and Natural Resources, Makerere University, PO Box 7298, Kampala, Uganda and Anthropology Department and McGill School of Environment, 855 Sherbrooke St West, McGill University, Montreal, Canada, H3A 2T7 and Wildlife Conservation Society, 2300 Southern Boulevard, Bronx, NY 10460, U.S.A.
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