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A comparative ecology of asian apes

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Field sudies of orang-utans, gibbons, and siamangs in Borneo, Sumatra, and Malaya provide evidence to show that, irrespective of species feeding preferences, differences in body size guarantee sufficient ecological separation for different ape species to coexist.

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    John MacKinnon

  2. Sub-Department of Veterinary Anatomy, Tennis Court Road, Cambridge, England

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MacKinnon, J. A comparative ecology of asian apes. Primates 18, 747–772 (1977). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02382929

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