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Food Acquisition and Processing in Primates pp 119–159Cite as

Habitat Richness, Foraging Range and Diet in Chimpanzees and Some Other Primates

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Last year I made some discoveries 15 years too late. That is, I made them 15 years later than I might have done had I more carefully scrutinized the then current literature. In the present paper I shall report on these findings.

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Kortlandt, A. (1984). Habitat Richness, Foraging Range and Diet in Chimpanzees and Some Other Primates. In: Chivers, D.J., Wood, B.A., Bilsborough, A. (eds) Food Acquisition and Processing in Primates. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4757-5244-1_5

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