Counting primates for conservation: Primate surveys in Uganda

Primates

Volumn 47, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 65-73

  Plumptre, Andrew J ^a   Cox, Debby ^b  

^a WILDLIFE CONSERVATION SOCIETY   (Uganda)

^b The Jane Goodall Institute   (United States)

Author keywords

Biomass; Chimpanzee; Primate census; Tropical forest; Uganda

Indexed keywords

CENSUS; CONSERVATION STATUS; METHODOLOGY; POPULATION ESTIMATION; PRIMATE;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; METHODOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; POPULATION DENSITY; POPULATION RESEARCH; PRIMATE; STATISTICS; UGANDA;

ANIMALS; CENSUSES; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; POPULATION DENSITY; PRIMATES; UGANDA;

AFRICA; EAST AFRICA; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA; UGANDA;

PAN TROGLODYTES; PRIMATES;

EID: 31144472681     PISSN: 00328332     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10329-005-0146-8     Document Type: Article

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