Conservation Value of Landscape Supplementation for Howler Monkeys Living in Forest Patches

Biotropica

Volumn 41, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 768-773

  Asensio, Norberto ^a   Arroyo Rodríguez, Víctor ^b,e   Dunn, Jacob C ^c   Cristóbal Azkarate, Jurgi ^d  

^a LIVERPOOL JOHN MOORES UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b INSTITUTO DE ECOLOGÍA   (Mexico)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

^d UNIVERSIDAD VERACRUZANA   (Mexico)

^e INSTITUTO DE INVESTIGACIONES EN ECOSISTEMAS Y SUSTENTABILIDAD   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Corridors; Fragmentation; Habitat quality; Landscape elements; Live fences

Indexed keywords

FOOD SUPPLEMENTATION; HABITAT CORRIDOR; HABITAT FRAGMENTATION; HABITAT QUALITY; HABITAT USE; LANDOWNER; LANDSCAPE ECOLOGY; PATCHINESS; PRIMATE; RANGE EXPANSION; SURVIVAL;

LOS TUXTLAS; MEXICO [NORTH AMERICA]; NORTH AMERICA; VERACRUZ;

ALOUATTA; ALOUATTA PALLIATA; ALOUATTA PALLIATA MEXICANA; ANIMALIA;

EID: 67849122063     PISSN: 00063606     EISSN: 17447429     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1744-7429.2009.00533.x     Document Type: Article

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