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Sanchez Duque. J. L Parra. A. D. Perez, and G. J. Colorado 
kindly provided advice on analyses. We thank CORAN- 
TIOQL'IA. Reserva Alto San Miguel. C. F. Londono. and 
especially, the La Clara community for allowing us to work 
in the area. W. H. Weber for access to his library, and J. J. 
Leon and S. Vargas Troncoso for shitting their observa¬ 
tions. C. D. Cadena. R. M. Fraga. T. E. Martin, J, V. 
Rcmscn. Gary Ritchison. R. S. ferrill. C. L. Braun, and four 
anonymous reviewers provided insightful comments that 
improved our manuscript. 
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