Status and distribution of the endangered lion-tailed macaque Macaca silenus in Kerala, India

Biological Conservation

Volumn 80, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 33-37

  Easa, P S ^a   Asari, P K Surendranathan ^b   Basha, S Chand ^a  

^a KERALA FOREST RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (India)

^b Kerala Forest Department   (India)

Author keywords

India; Kerala; lion tailed macaque; Macaca silenus; primate; southwestern Ghats; tropical rain forest

Indexed keywords

MACACA SILENUS; MACACA; MAMMALIA; PANTHERA LEO;

ENDANGERED MAMMAL; LION-TAILED MACAQUE; MANAGEMENT; RAINFOREST;

INDIA, KERALA, GHATS;

EID: 0031128461     PISSN: 00063207     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0006-3207(96)00071-7     Document Type: Article

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