Tropical rain forest fragmentation, howler monkeys (Alouatta palliata), and dung beetles at Los Tuxtlas, Mexico

American Journal of Primatology

Volumn 48, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 253-262

  Estrada, A ^a,c   Anzures, A D ^b   Coates Estrada, R ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL AUTÓNOMA DE MÉXICO   (Mexico)

^b Instituto de Historia Natural   (Mexico)

^c DEPARTAMENTO DE ZOOLOGÍA   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Alouatta; Conservation; Dung beetles; Los Tuxtlas; Seed dispersal; Tropical rain forest

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; BEETLE; COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; HABITAT FRAGMENTATION; PRIMATE; REGENERATION;

LOS TUXTLAS; MEXICO; VERACRUZ STATE;

ALOUATTA; ALOUATTA PALLIATA; ANIMALIA; BOS TAURUS; CANIS FAMILIARIS; COLEOPTERA; EQUUS CABALLUS; MAMMALIA; PRIMATES;

EID: 0033023762     PISSN: 02752565     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1098-2345(1999)48:4<253::AID-AJP1>3.0.CO;2-D     Document Type: Article

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