Primate tourism, range restriction, and infant risk among Macaca thibetana at Mt. Huangshan, China

International Journal of Primatology

Volumn 28, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 1123-1141

  Berman, Carol M ^a   Li, Jinhua ^b   Ogawa, Hideshi ^c   Ionica, Consuel ^a   Yin, Huabao ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY AT BUFFALO   (United States)

^b ANHUI UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c CHUKYO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Aggression; Infant mortality; Macaca thibetana; Primate tourism; Provisioning; Range restriction

Indexed keywords

AGGRESSION; ASSESSMENT METHOD; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ECOTOURISM; INFANT MORTALITY; PRIMATE; TOURISM MANAGEMENT;

ANHUI; ASIA; CHINA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; MOUNT HUANGSHAN;

MACACA; MACACA THIBETANA; PRIMATES;

EID: 36248999372     PISSN: 01640291     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10764-007-9199-4     Document Type: Article

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