The state of lemur conservation in south-eastern Madagascar: Population and habitat assessments for diurnal and cathemeral lemurs using surveys, satellite imagery and GIS

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Volumn 39, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 204-218

  Irwin, Mitchell T ^a   Johnson, Steig E ^b   Wright, Patricia C ^a,c  

^a STONY BROOK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

^c Institute for the Conservation of Tropical Environments at Centre ValBio   (Madagascar)

Author keywords

Conservation status; Geographic range; GIS; Lemurs; Madagascar; Population densities; Primates

Indexed keywords

ECOSYSTEM MODELING; GIS; HABITAT SELECTION; POPULATION MODELING; PRIMATE; SATELLITE IMAGERY; SPECIES CONSERVATION;

INDIAN OCEAN; INDIAN OCEAN ISLANDS; MADAGASCAR;

HAPALEMUR AUREUS; LEMUR; LEMURIDAE; PRIMATES; STREPSIRHINI; VARECIA VARIEGATA VARIEGATA;

EID: 33644976027     PISSN: 00306053     EISSN: 13653008     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0030605305000451     Document Type: Article

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