Characteristics of a group of Hubei golden snub-nosed monkeys (Rhinopithecus roxellana hubeiensis) before and after major snow storms

American Journal of Primatology

Volumn 71, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 523-526

  Li, Yiming ^c   Liu, Xuecong ^a,c   Liao, Mingyao ^b   Yang, Jingyuan ^b   Stanford, Craig B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b Shennongjia Forestry Region   (China)

^c INSTITUTE OF ZOOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

Conservation; Group structure; Mass mortality; Rhinopithecus roxellana hubeiensis; Snow storms

Indexed keywords

DEMOGRAPHY; GROUP SIZE; MASS MORTALITY; MORTALITY; NATURAL DISASTER; PRIMATE; SNOWSTORM; SOCIAL STRUCTURE;

ASIA; CHINA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; HUBEI; SHENNONGJIA NATURE RESERVE;

PRIMATES; PYGATHRIX ROXELLANA;

SNOW;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CHINA; DISASTER; FEMALE; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; HAPLORHINI; MALE; POPULATION DENSITY;

ANIMALS; CHINA; DISASTERS; FEMALE; HAPLORHINI; MALE; POPULATION DENSITY; SNOW;

EID: 67449083636     PISSN: 02752565     EISSN: 10982345     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ajp.20674     Document Type: Article

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