Threatened primates experience high human densities: Adding an index of threat to the IUCN Red List criteria

Biological Conservation

Volumn 109, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 137-149

  Harcourt, A H ^a   Parks, S A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Conservation; Human density; IUCN; Primates; Red List

Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; CONSERVATION STATUS; POPULATION DENSITY; PRIMATE; RED LIST; RISK ASSESSMENT;

PRIMATES;

EID: 0037208445     PISSN: 00063207     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0006-3207(02)00146-5     Document Type: Article

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