Primate assemblage structure in Amazonian flooded and unflooded forests

American Journal of Primatology

Volumn 67, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 243-258

  Haugaasen, Torbjørn ^a   Peres, Carlos A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EAST ANGLIA   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Amazonia; Brazil; New World primates; Platyrrhines; Primate community

Indexed keywords

COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; PRIMATE; SPECIES CONSERVATION; SPECIES RICHNESS;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BRAZIL; DISASTER; ECOSYSTEM; PHYSIOLOGY; POPULATION DYNAMICS; PRIMATE; SEASON; TREE;

ANIMALS; BRAZIL; ECOSYSTEM; NATURAL DISASTERS; POPULATION DYNAMICS; PRIMATES; SEASONS; TREES;

AMAZONIA; SOUTH AMERICA;

CEBIDAE; CEBUS; CEBUS APELLA; PRIMATES; SAIMIRI;

EID: 30744472155     PISSN: 02752565     EISSN: 10982345     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ajp.20180     Document Type: Article

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