Status and distribution pattern of black crested gibbon (nomascus concolor jingdongensis) in Wuliang Mountains, Yunnan, China: Implication for conservation

Primates

Volumn 47, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 264-271

  Jiang, Xuelong ^a   Luo, Zhonghua ^b   Zhao, Shiyuan ^b   Li, Rongzhong ^b   Liu, Changming ^b  

^a KUNMING INSTITUTE OF ZOOLOGY   (China)

^b Jingdong Nature Reserve Management Bureau   (China)

Author keywords

Central Yunnan black crested gibbon; Conservation; Nomascus concolor jingdongensis; Population and distribution; Wuliang Mountain

Indexed keywords

HYLOBATIDAE; NOMASCUS CONCOLOR;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CHINA; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; HAPLORHINI; PHYSIOLOGY; POPULATION DENSITY;

ANIMALS; CHINA; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; ECOSYSTEM; HYLOBATES; POPULATION DENSITY;

EID: 33747356040     PISSN: 00328332     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10329-005-0175-3     Document Type: Article

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