Of how much concern are the 'least concern' species? Distribution and conservation status of bonnet macaques, rhesus macaques and Hanuman langurs in Karnataka, India

Primates

Volumn 51, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 37-42

  Kumara, Honnavalli N ^a   Kumar, Shanthala ^b   Singh, Mewa ^c  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ADVANCED STUDIES   (India)

^b KUMARAGIRI Lakshmisha Nagara   (India)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MYSORE   (India)

Author keywords

Bonnet macaque; Common species; Conservation status; Distribution; Hanuman langur

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; BIOGEOGRAPHY; CONSERVATION STATUS; ENDEMIC SPECIES; GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION; HABITAT USE; POPULATION DECLINE; POPULATION DISTRIBUTION; POPULATION ESTIMATION; POPULATION SIZE; PRIMATE;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; COLOBINAE; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; INDIA; MACACA; POPULATION DENSITY; POPULATION DYNAMICS;

ANIMALS; COLOBINAE; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; INDIA; MACACA; POPULATION DENSITY; POPULATION DYNAMICS;

AUSTRALIA; INDIA; KARNATAKA; NORTHERN PLAINS; VICTORIA [AUSTRALIA]; WESTERN GHATS;

MACACA; MACACA MULATTA; MACACA RADIATA; PRESBYTIS ENTELLUS; PRIMATES; SEMNOPITHECUS ENTELLUS;

EID: 77949774266     PISSN: 00328332     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10329-009-0168-8     Document Type: Article

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