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Seasonal Preference for Sugar in Captive Dwarf Lemurs (Cheirogaleus medius) Tracks Dietary Shifts in Madagascar

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The authors thank the research and husbandry staff of the Duke Lemur Center for their help with project facilitation, especially Erin Ehmke, Kay Welser, Jenna Browning, Kate Byrnes, Kathryn French, Danielle Lynch, Savannah Patten, Grayson Pellerito, Allie Sager, and Hannah Wall. We thank Sally Bornbusch for her illustrations within Figure 1. We also thank two anonymous reviewers for their useful feedback on the manuscript. Funding was provided by the Duke Lemur Center. This is DLC publication # 1531.

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    Marina B. Blanco & Lydia K. Greene

  2. Department of Biology, Duke University, Durham, NC, 27708, USA

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Blanco, M.B., Greene, L.K. Seasonal Preference for Sugar in Captive Dwarf Lemurs (Cheirogaleus medius) Tracks Dietary Shifts in Madagascar. Int J Primatol 44, 254–257 (2023). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10764-022-00346-3

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