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Territory exclusivity and intergroup encounters in the indris (Mammalia: Primates: Indridae: Indri indri) upon methodological tuning

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Pages 238-251 | Received 12 Dec 2016, Accepted 05 Apr 2017, Published online: 18 May 2017

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