Habitat use, population, density and subgrouping pattern of the Yucatan spider monkey (Ateles geoffroyi yucatanensis) in Quintana Roo, Mexico

Folia Primatologica

Volumn 70, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 55-60

  Gonzalez Kirchner, Juan Pedro ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD COMPLUTENSE DE MADRID   (Spain)

Author keywords

Ateles geoffroyi yucatanensis; Conservation; Habitat use; Mexico; Population density; Quintana Roo; Subgrouping pattern

Indexed keywords

ATELES GEOFFROYI;

EID: 0033033258     PISSN: 00155713     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000021676     Document Type: Article

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