Rapid assessment of richness and density of primate species on the Masoala peninsula, eastern Madagascar

Folia Primatologica

Volumn 69, Issue SUPPL. 1, 1998, Pages 109-116

  Sterling, E J ^a,c   Rakotoarison, N ^b  

^a GERMAN PRIMATE CENTER   (Germany)

^b Parc Botanique et Zoologique   (Madagascar)

^c DIVISION OF INVERTEBRATE ZOOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Allocebus trichotis; Census methods; Lemurs; Madagascar; Primate density; Rapid assessment techniques

Indexed keywords

EID: 0006746021     PISSN: 00155713     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000052703     Document Type: Article

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