Patch- and landscape-scale effects on howler monkey distribution and abundance in rainforest fragments

Animal Conservation

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 69-76

  Anzures Dadda, A ^a   Manson, R H ^a  

^a INSTITUTO DE ECOLOGÍA   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Alouatta palliata; Arboreal monkeys; Landscape connectivity; Multi scale approach; Patch quality; Rainforest fragmentation

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; CONNECTIVITY; PATCHINESS; POPULATION DISTRIBUTION; PRIMATE; RAINFOREST; REPRODUCTIVE SUCCESS; RESOURCE AVAILABILITY;

ALOUATTA; ALOUATTA PALLIATA;

EID: 33846679617     PISSN: 13679430     EISSN: 14691795     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-1795.2006.00074.x     Document Type: Article

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