Ranging of Rhinopithecus bieti in the Samage Forest, China. II. Use of land cover types and altitudes

International Journal of Primatology

Volumn 29, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 1147-1173

  Li, Dayong ^a,b   Grueter, Cyril C ^b,c,d   Ren, Baoping ^b   Long, Yongcheng ^e   Li, Ming ^b   Peng, Zhengsong ^a   Wei, Fuwen ^a,b  

^a CHINA WEST NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b INSTITUTE OF ZOOLOGY   (China)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^d The Jane Goodall Institute   (United States)

^e THE NATURE CONSERVANCY   (United States)

Author keywords

Altitudinal migration; Conifer; Elevation; GIS; Golden monkey; GPS; Habitat use; Lichen; Mixed forest; Rhinopithecus; Seasonality; Temperate forest; Yunnan

Indexed keywords

ALTITUDE; CONIFEROUS FOREST; DATABASE; ENDANGERED SPECIES; FOOD AVAILABILITY; FRUIT; GIS; GPS; HABITAT AVAILABILITY; HABITAT USE; HOME RANGE; HYPOTHESIS TESTING; LAND COVER; LICHEN; MIGRATION; MIXED FOREST; NATURE RESERVE; PRIMATE; SEASONAL VARIATION; SEASONALITY; TEMPERATE FOREST; TRACKING;

ASIA; BAIMAXUESHAN NATURE RESERVE; CHINA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; YUNNAN;

ABIES; CONIFEROPHYTA; PYGATHRIX; PYGATHRIX BIETI;

EID: 54449099183     PISSN: 01640291     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10764-008-9298-x     Document Type: Article

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