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Why do chimpanzees die in the forest? The challenges of understanding and controlling for wild ape health
Christophe Boesch,
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Christophe Boesch
Department of Primatology, Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology, Leipzig, Germany
Department of Primatology, Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology, Deutscher Platz 6, 04103 Leipzig, GermanySearch for more papers by this authorChristophe Boesch,
Corresponding Author
Christophe Boesch
Department of Primatology, Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology, Leipzig, Germany
Department of Primatology, Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology, Deutscher Platz 6, 04103 Leipzig, GermanySearch for more papers by this author
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