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4 - Uneasy Neighbours

Local Perceptions of the Cross River Gorilla and Nigeria–Cameroon Chimpanzee in Cameroon

from Part I - The Human–Non-human Primate Interface

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  25 January 2019

Alison M. Behie
Affiliation:
Australian National University, Canberra
Julie A. Teichroeb
Affiliation:
University of Toronto, Scarborough
Nicholas Malone
Affiliation:
University of Auckland
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