Sanctuary in the city: Urban monkeys buffered against catastrophic die-off during ENSO-related drought

EcoHealth

Volumn 4, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 278-286

  Waite, Tom A ^a   Chhangani, Anil K ^b,c   Campbell, Lesley G ^a   Rajpurohit, Lal S ^b   Mohnot, Surendra M ^b,c  

^a OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Primate Research Centre   (India)

^c The School of Desert Sciences   (India)

Author keywords

Biodiversity conservation; Climate; Hanuman langur; Primates; Semnopithecus entellus; Urban ecology

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COMMENSAL; CONSERVATION BIOLOGY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DETERIORATION; DROUGHT; EL NINO; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MORTALITY; NONHUMAN; POPULATION DENSITY; POPULATION SIZE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; URBAN POPULATION; WILDLIFE;

MAMMALIA; PRESBYTIS ENTELLUS; PRIMATES; SEMNOPITHECUS ENTELLUS;

EID: 35148861124     PISSN: 16129202     EISSN: 16129210     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10393-007-0112-6     Document Type: Article

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