Measuring success in primate translocation: A baboon case study

American Journal of Primatology

Volumn 65, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 117-140

  Strum, Shirley C ^a,b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b INSTITUTE OF PRIMATE RESEARCH   (Kenya)

^c Box 62844 ^*  (Kenya)

Author keywords

Baboons; Primate conservation; Success criteria; Translocation

Indexed keywords

PRIMATE; SPECIES CONSERVATION; TRANSLOCATION;

PAPIO; PAPIO HAMADRYAS; PRIMATES;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ARTICLE; BIRTH RATE; FEMALE; MALE; MORTALITY; PAPIO; PHYSIOLOGY; POPULATION DENSITY; POPULATION GENETICS;

ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; BIRTH RATE; FEMALE; GENETICS, POPULATION; MALE; MORTALITY; PAPIO; POPULATION DENSITY;

EID: 14944353765     PISSN: 02752565     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ajp.20103     Document Type: Article

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