Ranging of Rhinopithecus bieti in the Samage Forest, China. I. Characteristics of range use

International Journal of Primatology

Volumn 29, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 1121-1145

  Grueter, Cyril C ^a,b   Li, Dayong ^b,c   Van Schaik, Carel P ^a   Ren, Baoping ^b   Long, Yongcheng ^d   Wei, Fuwen ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b INSTITUTE OF ZOOLOGY   (China)

^c CHINA WEST NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^d THE NATURE CONSERVANCY   (United States)

Author keywords

Colobinae; Home range; Rhinopithecus; Temperate environment; Yunnan

Indexed keywords

FOOD AVAILABILITY; FRUIT; GPS; GROUP SIZE; PRIMATE; RANGE SIZE;

ASIA; CHINA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; YUNNAN;

COLOBINAE; PRIMATES; PYGATHRIX; PYGATHRIX BIETI;

EID: 54449084539     PISSN: 01640291     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10764-008-9299-9     Document Type: Article

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