Habitat characteristics of the endangered hoolock gibbons of Bangladesh: The role of plant species richness

Biotropica

Volumn 39, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 539-545

  Muzaffar, Sabir Bin ^a,d   Islam, M Anwarul ^b   Feeroz, Mostafa M ^c   Kabir, Mofizul ^c   Begum, Sajeda ^c   Mahmud, M Shahriar ^b   Chakma, Suprio ^b,e   Hasan, M Kamrul ^c  

^a INDEPENDENT UNIVERSITY   (Bangladesh)

^b UNIVERSITY OF DHAKA   (Bangladesh)

^c JAHANGIRNAGAR UNIVERSITY   (Bangladesh)

^d MEMORIAL UNIVERSITY OF NEWFOUNDLAND   (Canada)

^e Wildlife Trust of Bangladesh   (Bangladesh)

Author keywords

Closed canopy; Feeding ecology; Hoolock hoolock; Hylobatidae; Primate conservation

Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; ENDANGERED SPECIES; FEEDING ECOLOGY; HABITAT LOSS; HABITAT MANAGEMENT; MULTIPLE REGRESSION; POPULATION DECLINE; PRIMATE; SPECIES CONSERVATION; SPECIES RICHNESS;

ASIA; BANGLADESH; CHINA; CHITTAGONG [BANGLADESH]; EURASIA; FAR EAST; INDIA; KAPTAI; LAWACHARA NATIONAL PARK; MYANMAR; SOUTH ASIA; SOUTHEAST ASIA; SYLHET;

ARTOCARPUS; ARTOCARPUS ALTILIS; BUNOPITHECUS HOOLOCK; DIPTEROCARPUS; HAPLORHINI; HYLOBATIDAE; PRIMATES; TECTONA;

EID: 34547114715     PISSN: 00063606     EISSN: 17447429     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1744-7429.2007.00298.x     Document Type: Article

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