The critically endangered black crested gibbon nomascus concolor on wuliang mountain, Yunnan, China: The role of forest types in the species' conservation

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Volumn 43, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 203-208

  Peng Fei, Fan ^a,b   Xue Long, Jiang ^a   Chang Cheng, Tian ^a  

^a KUNMING INSTITUTE OF ZOOLOGY   (China)

^b DALI UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Black crested gibbon; China; Forest preference; Nomascus concolor; Wuliang Mountain

Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; DEFORESTATION; ENDANGERED SPECIES; GRASSLAND; HABITAT FRAGMENTATION; HABITAT SELECTION; PRIMATE; REGENERATION; SELECTIVE LOGGING; SPECIES CONSERVATION; SURVIVAL;

ASIA; CHINA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; WULIANG MOUNTAINS; YUNNAN;

AGERATINA ADENOPHORA; ALNUS; ALNUS NEPALENSIS; BETULA ALNOIDES; EUPATORIUM; LEUCOSCEPTRUM CANUM; MYRICA; MYRICACEAE; NOMASCUS CONCOLOR;

EID: 68349150367     PISSN: 00306053     EISSN: 13653008     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0030605308001907     Document Type: Article

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