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Travel Patterns and Spatial Mapping in Nicaraguan Mantled Howler Monkeys (Alouatta palliata)

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New Perspectives in the Study of Mesoamerican Primates

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  1. Department of Anthropology, University of Illinois, Urbana, Illinois, 61801

    Paul A. Garber

  2. University of Illinois, Urbana, Illinoiss, 61801

    Petra E. Jelinek

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  1. Estación de Biología Los Tuxtlas, Instituto de Biología, UNAM, Apdo. Pos. 176, San Andrés Tuxtla, Veracruz, 95700, Mexico

    Alejandro Estrada

  2. Department of Anthropology, University of Illinois, Urbana, IL, 61801, USA

    Paul A. Garber

  3. Department of Anthropology, University of Calgary, Calgary, AB, T2N 1N4, Canada

    Mary S. M. Pavelka

  4. Department of Anthropology, Washington University, St. Louis, MO, 63130, USA

    LeAndra Luecke

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Garber, P.A., Jelinek, P.E. (2006). Travel Patterns and Spatial Mapping in Nicaraguan Mantled Howler Monkeys (Alouatta palliata). In: Estrada, A., Garber, P.A., Pavelka, M.S.M., Luecke, L. (eds) New Perspectives in the Study of Mesoamerican Primates. Developments in Primatology: Progress and Prospects. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/0-387-25872-8_14

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