A successful mass translocation of commensal rhesus monkeys Macaca mulatta in Vrindaban, India

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Volumn 36, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 87-93

  Imam, Ekwal ^a,c   Yahya, H S A ^a   Malik, Iqbal ^b,d  

^a ALIGARH MUSLIM UNIVERSITY   (India)

^b Vata Varan   (India)

^c University of East Carolina ^*  (India)

^d Department of Biostatistics   (United States)

Author keywords

Human animal conflict; India; Macaca mulatta; Rhesus monkey; Translocation; Vrindaban

Indexed keywords

NATURE-SOCIETY RELATIONS; PRIMATE; TRANSLOCATION;

ASIA; EURASIA; INDIA; SOUTH ASIA; UTTAR PRADESH;

ANIMALIA; MACACA; MACACA MULATTA;

EID: 31344447534     PISSN: 00306053     EISSN: 13653008     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0030605302000133     Document Type: Article

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