The re-stocking of captive-bred ruffed lemurs (Varecia variegata variegata) into the Betampona Reserve, Madagascar: Methodology and recommendations

Biodiversity and Conservation

Volumn 13, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 635-657

  Britt, Adam ^a,f   Welch, Charles ^b   Katz, Andrea ^b,e   Iambana, Bernard ^b   Porton, Ingrid ^c   Junge, Randall ^c   Crawford, Graham ^d   Williams, Cathy ^e   Haring, David ^e  

^a Madagascar Fauna Group   (United States)

^b Madagascar Fauna Group   (Madagascar)

^c SAINT LOUIS ZOO   (United States)

^d San Francisco Zoo   (United States)

^e DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^f ROYAL BOTANIC GARDENS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Captive breeding; Conservation; Madagascar; Prosimians; Re introduction

Indexed keywords

CAPTIVE BREEDING; CONSERVATION; PRIMATE; REINTRODUCTION;

BETAMPONA RESERVE; INDIAN OCEAN; INDIAN OCEAN ISLANDS; MADAGASCAR;

LEMURIDAE; PRIMATES; STREPSIRHINI; VARECIA VARIEGATA; VARECIA VARIEGATA VARIEGATA;

EID: 0842269887     PISSN: 09603115     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/B:BIOC.0000009497.24917.ae     Document Type: Review

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