Current status of the habitat and population of the black howler monkey (Alouatta pigra) in Balancán, Tabasco, Mexico

American Journal of Primatology

Volumn 70, Issue 12, 2008, Pages 1169-1176

  Pozo Montuy, Gilberto ^a   Serio Silva, Juan Carlos ^a   Bonilla Sánchez, Yadira M ^a   Bynum, Nora ^b   Landgrave, Rosario ^a  

^a INSTITUTO DE ECOLOGÍA   (Mexico)

^b DIVISION OF INVERTEBRATE ZOOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Alouatta pigra; Conservation; Fragmentation; Habitat; Population

Indexed keywords

ADULT; CANOPY ARCHITECTURE; CONSERVATION PLANNING; DECIDUOUS FOREST; FIELD SURVEY; HABITAT CONSERVATION; HABITAT FRAGMENTATION; JUVENILE; POPULATION STRUCTURE; PRIMATE; REMOTE SENSING; RIPARIAN VEGETATION; SPECIES CONSERVATION;

ALOUATTA; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; METHODOLOGY; MEXICO; PHYSIOLOGY; POPULATION DENSITY; POPULATION DYNAMICS; STATISTICS;

ALOUATTA; ANIMALS; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; ECOSYSTEM; MEXICO; POPULATION DENSITY; POPULATION DYNAMICS;

BALANCAN; MEXICO [NORTH AMERICA]; NORTH AMERICA; TABASCO;

ALOUATTA; ALOUATTA CARAYA; ALOUATTA PIGRA;

EID: 57349103184     PISSN: 02752565     EISSN: 10982345     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ajp.20620     Document Type: Article

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