Empirical estimates of minimum viable population sizes for primates: Tens to tens of thousands?

Animal Conservation

Volumn 5, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 237-244

  Harcourt, A H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONSERVATION; POPULATION SIZE; POPULATION VIABILITY ANALYSIS; PRIMATE; PROTECTED AREA;

HYLOBATES SYNDACTYLUS; LORIS; MACACA; MAMMALIA; NYCTICEBUS; PONGO; PONGO PYGMAEUS; PRIMATES;

EID: 12844287766     PISSN: 13679430     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1367943002002287     Document Type: Article

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