The species-area relationship and confounding variables in a threatened monkey community

American Journal of Primatology

Volumn 72, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 325-336

  Marshall, Andrew R ^a,b   Jørgensbye, Helle I O ^c   Rovero, Francesco ^d,e   Platts, Philip J ^a   White, Piran C L ^a   Lovett, Jon C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF YORK   (United Kingdom)

^b Flamingo Land Ltd   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^d MUSEO TRIDENTINO DI SCIENZE NATURALI   (Italy)

^e Udzungwa Ecological Monitoring Centre ^*  (Tanzania)

Author keywords

Eastern arc; Fragmentation; Island biogeography; Niche; Tropical forest

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL LAND; BIODIVERSITY; ENDANGERED SPECIES; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FRAGMENTATION; HABITAT FRAGMENTATION; HETEROGENEITY; HUMAN ACTIVITY; INDEX METHOD; ISLAND BIOGEOGRAPHY; ISOLATION EFFECT; MANAGEMENT PRACTICE; NICHE; PATCH SIZE; PRECIPITATION INTENSITY; PRIMATE; SPECIES RICHNESS; SPECIES-AREA RELATIONSHIP; TEMPERATURE EFFECT; TROPICAL FOREST;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BABOON; CERCOPITHECIDAE; CERCOPITHECUS; CLIMATE; COLOBINAE; ECOSYSTEM; ENDANGERED SPECIES; HUMAN; PHYSIOLOGY; POPULATION DENSITY; TANZANIA; TREE;

ANIMALS; CERCOPITHECIDAE; CERCOPITHECUS; CLIMATE; COLOBUS; ECOSYSTEM; ENDANGERED SPECIES; HUMANS; PAPIO; POPULATION DENSITY; TANZANIA; TREES;

EASTERN ARC MOUNTAINS; TANZANIA; UDZUNGWA MOUNTAINS;

EID: 77449097865     PISSN: 02752565     EISSN: 10982345     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ajp.20787     Document Type: Article

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