Primate population densities in three nutrient-poor Amazonian terra firme forests of south-eastern Colombia

Folia Primatologica

Volumn 76, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 135-145

  Palacios, Erwin ^a   Peres, Carlos A ^b  

^a Wildlife Conservation Society Colombia   (Colombia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EAST ANGLIA   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Colombian Amazonia; Oligotrophic forests; Primate biomass; Protected areas

Indexed keywords

ALOUATTA SENICULUS; CEBIDAE; CEBUS ALBIFRONS; CEBUS APELLA; CEBUS CAPUCINUS; LAGOTHRIX; PRIMATES; VERTEBRATA;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIOMASS; COLOMBIA; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ENVIRONMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; POPULATION DENSITY; PRIMATE; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; TREE;

ANIMALS; BIOMASS; COLOMBIA; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; ENVIRONMENT; POPULATION DENSITY; PRIMATES; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; TREES;

EID: 20344386989     PISSN: 00155713     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000084376     Document Type: Article

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