Population dynamics of a group of lion-tailed macaques (Macaca silenus) inhabiting a rainforest fragment in the Western Ghats, India

Folia Primatologica

Volumn 77, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 377-386

  Krishna, B A ^a   Singh, Mridula ^b   Singh, Mewa ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MYSORE   (India)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MYSORE   (India)

Author keywords

Birth peaks; Birth rate; Lion tailed macaque; Rainforest fragment; Western Ghats

Indexed keywords

RAIN;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIRTH RATE; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; FEMALE; INDIA; MACACA; MALE; PHYSIOLOGY; POPULATION DYNAMICS; POPULATION GROWTH; SEASON; TREE; TROPIC CLIMATE;

ANIMALS; BIRTH RATE; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; FEMALE; INDIA; MACACA; MALE; POPULATION DYNAMICS; POPULATION GROWTH; RAIN; SEASONS; TREES; TROPICAL CLIMATE;

MACACA; MACACA SILENUS;

EID: 33747207518     PISSN: 00155713     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000093703     Document Type: Article

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