Dramatic decline of François' langur Trachypithecus francoisi in Guangxi Province, China

ORYX

Volumn 41, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 38-43

  Li, Youbang ^a,b   Huang, Chengming ^b   Ding, Ping ^a   Tang, Zheng ^c   Wood, Chris ^a  

^a ZHEJIANG UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b GUANGXI NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c Wuzhou Normal Junior College   (China)

Author keywords

China; Fran ois' langur; Guangxi; Population size; Threats; Trachypithecus francoisi

Indexed keywords

CONSERVATION MANAGEMENT; CONSERVATION STATUS; POPULATION DECLINE; POPULATION SIZE; PRIMATE; SURVIVAL;

ASIA; CHINA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; GUANGXI ZHUANGZU;

TRACHYPITHECUS FRANCOISI;

EID: 33847689391     PISSN: 00306053     EISSN: 13653008     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0030605307001500     Document Type: Article

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