Ranging behavior of translocated and established groups of black howler monkeys Alouatta pigra in Belize, Central America

Biological Conservation

Volumn 87, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 181-190

  Ostro, Linde E T ^a,b   Silver, Scott C ^b   Koontz, Fred W ^b   Young, Truman P ^c   Horwich, Robert H ^d  

^a FORDHAM UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b The Science Resource Center   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d RD 1 Box 96 ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Alouatta pigra; Day range; Home range; Population density; Translocation

Indexed keywords

HOME RANGE; MONITORING; PRIMATE; TRANSLOCATION;

BELIZE;

ALOUATTA CARAYA; ALOUATTA PIGRA; PRIMATES;

EID: 0032890207     PISSN: 00063207     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0006-3207(98)00061-5     Document Type: Article

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