Density, distribution, and home range of the black howler monkey (Alouatta pigra) at Lamanai, Belize

Journal of Mammalogy

Volumn 89, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 1105-1112

  Gavazzi, Anita J ^a   Cornick, Leslie A ^b   Markowitz, Tim M ^c   Green, Deborah ^d   Markowitz, Hal ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b ALASKA PACIFIC UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c San Francisco State University ^*  (New Zealand)

^d SAN FRANCISCO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Alouatta pigra; Belize; Home range; Howler monkey; Territoriality

Indexed keywords

HABITAT SELECTION; HOME RANGE; POPULATION DENSITY; PRIMATE; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; TERRITORIALITY;

BELIZE [CENTRAL AMERICA]; CENTRAL AMERICA; GUATEMALA [CENTRAL AMERICA]; LAMANAI; ORANGE WALK; PETEN; TIKAL;

ALOUATTA; ALOUATTA CARAYA; ALOUATTA PIGRA;

EID: 55249113949     PISSN: 00222372     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1644/07-MAMM-A-063.1     Document Type: Article

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