Vertical distribution of wild Yakushima macaques (Macaca fuscata yakui) in the western area of Yakushirna Island, Japan: Preliminary report

Primates

Volumn 40, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 409-418

  Yoshihiro, Shinichi ^a   Ohtake, Masaru ^b   Matsubara, Hajime ^c   Zamma, Koichiho ^c   Han'ya, Goro ^c   Tanimura, Yasuaki ^c   Kubota, Hiroyuki ^a   Kubo, Ritsuko ^d   Arakane, Tatsuhiro ^e   Hirata, Toru ^f   Furukawa, Mari ^g   Sato, Aki ^h   Takahata, Yukio ⁱ  

^a RYUKOKU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b JAPAN MONKEY CENTRE   (Japan)

^c KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^d Japan Animal and Plant Academy   (Japan)

^e Japan Animal and Plant Academy   (Japan)

^f GIFU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^g Nature Conservation College   (Japan)

^h Nature Conservation College   (Japan)

ⁱ KWANSEI GAKUIN UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Macaca fuscata yakui; Troop density; Troop size; Vertical distribution

Indexed keywords

GROUP SIZE; PRIMATE; VEGETATION; VERTICAL DISTRIBUTION;

JAPAN;

MACACA FUSCATA;

EID: 0032836504     PISSN: 00328332     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/bf02557562     Document Type: Article

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