Troop size, home range area and seasonal range use of the Japanese macaque in the Northern Japan Alps

Ecological Research

Volumn 18, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 465-474

  Izumiyama, Shigeyuki ^a   Mochizuki, Takashi ^a   Shiraishi, Toshiaki ^a  

^a Wildlife Management Office Inc   (Japan)

Author keywords

Home range area; Japanese macaque; Northern Japan Alps; Seasonal habitat use; Troop size

Indexed keywords

ELEVATION; HABITAT USE; HOME RANGE; PRIMATE; RANGE SIZE;

JAPAN;

LARIX; MACACA; MACACA FUSCATA; PINUS RESINOSA; PRIMATES;

EID: 0141975419     PISSN: 09123814     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1440-1703.2003.00570.x     Document Type: Article

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