Monkey abundance and social structure in two high-elevation forest reserves in the Udzungwa Mountains of Tanzania

International Journal of Primatology

Volumn 26, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 127-145

  Marshall, Andrew R ^a,b   Topp Jørgensen, J Elmer ^b   Brink, Henry ^b   Fanning, Eibleis ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF YORK   (United Kingdom)

^b Society for Environmental Exploration   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Altitude; Bushmeat; Eastern Arc; Logging; Transect

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; ALTITUDE; HABITAT LOSS; HUNTING; LOGGING (TIMBER); PRIMATE; SOCIAL STRUCTURE;

AFRICA; EAST AFRICA; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; IRINGA [TANZANIA]; NDUNDULU FOREST; NEW DABAGA-ULANGAMBI FOREST RESERVE; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA; TANZANIA; UDZUNGWA MOUNTAINS; WORLD;

CERCOPITHECUS; CERCOPITHECUS MITIS; COLOBINAE; COLOBUS; COLOBUS ANGOLENSIS; PALLIATUS; PRIMATES; PROCOLOBUS; PROCOLOBUS BADIUS; PROCOLOBUS GORDONORUM;

EID: 15244349408     PISSN: 01640291     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10764-005-0011-z     Document Type: Review

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