Landscape attributes affecting patch occupancy by howler monkeys (Alouatta palliata mexicana) at Los Tuxtlas, Mexico

American Journal of Primatology

Volumn 70, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 69-77

  Arroyo Rodríguez, Víctor ^a   Mandujano, Salvador ^a   Benítez Malvido, Julieta ^b  

^a INSTITUTO DE ECOLOGÍA   (Mexico)

^b INSTITUTO DE INVESTIGACIONES EN ECOSISTEMAS Y SUSTENTABILIDAD   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Fragmentation; Landscape structure; Mexican mantled howler monkey; Neotropical primates

Indexed keywords

ENDANGERED SPECIES; FOREST COVER; HABITAT FRAGMENTATION; LANDSCAPE ECOLOGY; LANDSCAPE STRUCTURE; PATCHINESS; PRIMATE; SPECIES CONSERVATION; SPECIES OCCURRENCE;

LOS TUXTLAS; MEXICO [NORTH AMERICA]; NORTH AMERICA; VERACRUZ;

ALOUATTA; ALOUATTA PALLIATA; ALOUATTA PALLIATA MEXICANA; PRIMATES;

EID: 38549150859     PISSN: 02752565     EISSN: 10982345     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ajp.20458     Document Type: Article

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