Are rare primate taxa specialists or simply less studied?

Journal of Biogeography

Volumn 31, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 57-61

  Doherty, D A ^a   Harcourt, A H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Diet; Distribution; Geographical range; Primates; Rarity; Specialist

Indexed keywords

DIET; PRIMATE; RARE SPECIES; SAMPLING; SPECIALIZATION;

AFRICA; ASIA; EURASIA; INDIAN OCEAN; INDIAN OCEAN ISLANDS; MADAGASCAR; NORTH AMERICA; SOUTH AMERICA;

PRIMATES; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 1642564357     PISSN: 03050270     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2699.2004.00943.x     Document Type: Article

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