Environmental determinants of primate abundance in Maraca Island, Roraima, Brazilian Amazonia

Journal of Zoology

Volumn 247, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 189-199

  Mendes Pontes, Antonio Rossano ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF PERNAMBUCO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Amazonia; Biomass; Diet; Ecological densities; Primates

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FOOD AVAILABILITY; PRIMATE; VEGETATION;

BRAZIL;

EID: 0344177964     PISSN: 09528369     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0952836999002071     Document Type: Article

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