Holding on in the Djebela: Barbary macaque Macaca sylvanus in northern Morocco

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Volumn 41, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 106-108

  Waters, Siân S ^a   Aksissou, Mustapha ^b   Harrad, Ahmed El ^c   Hobbelink, Maria Elisa ^d   Fa, John E ^e  

^a University Abdelmalek Essaadi ^*  (United Kingdom)

^b ABDELMALEK ESSAADI UNIVERSITY   (Morocco)

^c Assocation Amigos de Deportes de Montana   (Morocco)

^d UNIVERSITY OF KENT   (United Kingdom)

^e DURRELL WILDLIFE CONSERVATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Barbary macaque; Djebela; Habitat degradation; Macaca sylvanus; Northern Morocco

Indexed keywords

DEGRADATION; HABITAT RESTORATION; HABITAT TYPE; PRIMATE; SPECIES CONSERVATION;

AFRICA; MOROCCO; NORTH AFRICA;

ABIES; MACACA; MACACA SYLVANUS;

EID: 33847652150     PISSN: 00306053     EISSN: 13653008     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0030605307001536     Document Type: Article

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