Vegetative predictors of primate abundance: Utility and limitations of a fine-scale analysis

American Journal of Primatology

Volumn 69, Issue 11, 2007, Pages 1242-1256

  Rovero, Francesco ^a   Struhsaker, Thomas T ^b  

^a MUSEO TRIDENTINO DI SCIENZE NATURALI   (Italy)

^b DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Determinants of abundance; Habitat quality; Monkeys; Procolobus gordonorum; Udzungwa

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; ENDANGERED SPECIES; ENDEMIC SPECIES; FOREST; HABITAT QUALITY; PREDICTION; PRIMATE; SPECIES DIVERSITY; SPECIES RICHNESS; VEGETATION;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CERCOPITHECUS; COLOBINAE; DIET; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; HISTOLOGY; PAPIO; PLANT; POPULATION DENSITY; PRIMATE; TREE;

ANIMALS; CERCOPITHECUS; COLOBUS; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; DIET; ECOSYSTEM; PAPIO; PLANTS; POPULATION DENSITY; PRIMATES; TREES;

AFRICA; EAST AFRICA; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA; TANZANIA; UDZUNGWA MOUNTAINS;

COLOBINAE; COLOBUS ANGOLENSIS; PRIMATES; PROCOLOBUS BADIUS; PROCOLOBUS GORDONORUM;

EID: 35649006932     PISSN: 02752565     EISSN: 10982345     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ajp.20431     Document Type: Article

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