Social organization and reproductive biology of Himalayan Grey Langur (Semnopithecus entellus ajex) in Machiara National Park, Azad Kashmir (Pakistan)

Pakistan Journal of Zoology

Volumn 42, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 143-156

  Minhas, Riaz Aziz ^a   Ahmed, Khawaja Basharat ^b   Awan, Muhammad Siddique ^b   Dar, Naeem Iftikhar ^c  

^a World Wide Fund for Nature Pakistan (WWF Pakistan)   (Pakistan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF AZAD JAMMU AND KASHMIR   (Pakistan)

^c Government of Azad Jammu and Kashmir   (Pakistan)

Author keywords

Himalayan grey langur; Machiara national park; Reproductive biology; Social organization

Indexed keywords

MOVEMENT; NATIONAL PARK; PRIMATE; REPRODUCTIVE BIOLOGY; SOCIAL ORGANIZATION; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS;

AZAD KASHMIR; MACHIARA NATIONAL PARK; PAKISTAN;

ANIMALIA; SEMNOPITHECUS ENTELLUS;

EID: 77249098789     PISSN: 00309923     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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