Measuring physical traits of primates remotely: The use of parallel lasers

American Journal of Primatology

Volumn 70, Issue 12, 2008, Pages 1191-1195

  Rothman, Jessica M ^a,b   Chapman, Colin A ^a,b,c   Twinomugisha, Dennis ^d   Wasserman, Michael D ^e   Lambert, Joanna E ^f   Goldberg, Tony L ^g  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c WILDLIFE CONSERVATION SOCIETY   (United States)

^d MAKERERE UNIVERSITY   (Uganda)

^e UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^g UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

Author keywords

Field measurements; Laser metrics; Morphology; Morphometrics; Photogrammetry; Remote measurements

Indexed keywords

ARBOREAL SPECIES; BEHAVIORAL ECOLOGY; BODY SIZE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DIGITAL PHOTOGRAMMETRY; FIELD METHOD; GROWTH RATE; LASER; LIFE HISTORY; MORPHOLOGY; MORPHOMETRY; NATIONAL PARK; PRIMATE; REMOTE SENSING;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; COLOBINAE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; EVALUATION; HISTOLOGY; LASER; METHODOLOGY; MORPHOMETRICS; PHOTOGRAPHY; TAIL; UGANDA;

ANIMALS; BODY WEIGHTS AND MEASURES; COLOBUS; LASERS; PHOTOGRAMMETRY; TAIL; UGANDA;

AFRICA; EAST AFRICA; KIBALE NATIONAL PARK; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA; UGANDA; WESTERN PROVINCE [UGANDA];

ANIMALIA; COLOBINAE; COLOBUS SP.; MAMMALIA; PRIMATES; PROCOLOBUS BADIUS; PROCOLOBUS RUFOMITRATUS;

EID: 57349097281     PISSN: 02752565     EISSN: 10982345     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ajp.20611     Document Type: Article

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