Tropical tree community shifts: Implications for wildlife conservation

Biological Conservation

Volumn 143, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 366-374

  Chapman, Colin A ^a,b   Chapman, Lauren J ^c   Jacob, Aerin L ^c   Rothman, Jessica M ^d   Omeja, Patrick ^e   Reyna Hurtado, Rafael ^c   Hartter, Joel ^f   Lawes, Michael J ^g  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b WILDLIFE CONSERVATION SOCIETY   (United States)

^c MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^d CITY UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

^e MAKERERE UNIVERSITY   (Uganda)

^f UNIVERSITY OF NEW HAMPSHIRE   (United States)

^g CHARLES DARWIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Forest change; Kibale National Park Uganda; Non equilibrium; Primates; Succession; Tropical rain forest

Indexed keywords

COMMUNITY DYNAMICS; DIETARY SHIFT; ENVIRONMENTAL DISTURBANCE; FOREST DYNAMICS; FOREST MANAGEMENT; HUMAN ACTIVITY; HYPOTHESIS TESTING; NATURE CONSERVATION; POPULATION DYNAMICS; PRIMATE; SUCCESSION; TROPICAL FOREST; WILD POPULATION;

KIBALE NATIONAL PARK; UGANDA; WESTERN PROVINCE [UGANDA];

ANIMALIA; COLOBINAE; COLOBUS; COLOBUS GUEREZA; PRIMATES;

EID: 73649121242     PISSN: 00063207     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biocon.2009.10.023     Document Type: Article

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