Ecology of the Zanzibar red colobus monkey: Demographic variability and habitat stability

International Journal of Primatology

Volumn 20, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 163-192

  Siex, Kirstin S ^a   Struhsaker, Thomas T ^a  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Demography; Habitat instability; Habitat quality; Population ecology; Procolobus kirkii

Indexed keywords

HABITAT QUALITY; POPULATION DYNAMICS; PRIMATE; RESOURCE AVAILABILITY; SOCIAL STRUCTURE;

TANZANIA; ZANZIBAR;

COLOBINAE; COLOBUS; COLOBUS SP.; PRIMATES; PROCOLOBUS BADIUS; PROCOLOBUS KIRKII; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 0032997232     PISSN: 01640291     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1020558702199     Document Type: Article

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