Management of the rhesus monkey Macaca mulatta and Hanuman langur Presbytis entellus in Himachal Pradesh, India

Biological Conservation

Volumn 79, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 97-106

  Pirta, Raghubir Singh ^a   Gadgil, Madhav ^b   Kharshikar, A V ^c  

^a HIMACHAL PRADESH UNIVERSITY   (India)

^b INDIAN INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE   (India)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PUNE   (India)

Author keywords

Hanuman langur; Himalaya; local management; population estimates; rhesus monkey

Indexed keywords

MACACA MULATTA; PRESBYTIS ENTELLUS; HANUMAN; HANUMAN LANGURS; MACACA;

HANUMAN LANGUR; RHESUS MONKEY;

INDIA, HIMACHAL PRADESH;

EID: 0030621270     PISSN: 00063207     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0006-3207(95)00131-X     Document Type: Article

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