What hope for African primate diversity?

African Journal of Ecology

Volumn 44, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 116-133

  Chapman, Colin A ^a,b   Lawes, Michael J ^c   Eeley, Harriet A C ^c  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b WILDLIFE CONSERVATION SOCIETY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF KWAZULU NATAL   (South Africa)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; BIODIVERSITY; CLIMATE CHANGE; CONSERVATION; DEFORESTATION; DISEASE; EXTINCTION RISK; HABITAT LOSS; HARVESTING; PRIMATE;

AFRICA;

PRIMATES;

EID: 33744500484     PISSN: 01416707     EISSN: 13652028     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2028.2006.00636.x     Document Type: Review

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