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Grooming with Trattinnickia resin: possible pharmaceutical plant use by coatis in Panama

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  10 July 2009

Matthew E. Gompper  and
Anne M. Hoylman
Matthew E. Gompper
Affiliation:
Department of Zoology and Graduate Program in Life Sciences (Ethology), University of Tennessee, Knoxville, TN 37996, USA
Anne M. Hoylman
Affiliation:
Graduate Program in Ecology, University of Tennessee, Knoxville, TN 37996, USA
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Keywords

BurseraceaeBarro Colorado Islandcoatimedicinal plantsNasua naricaPanamaplant secondary compoundsTrattinnickiazoopharmocognosy
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Journal of Tropical Ecology , Volume 9 , Issue 4 , November 1993 , pp. 533 - 540
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1993

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