Impact of yellow fever outbreaks on two howler monkey species (Alouatta guariba clamitans and A. caraya) in Misiones, Argentina

American Journal of Primatology

Volumn 72, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 475-480

  Holzmann, Ingrid ^a,b,c   Agostini, Ilaria ^b,c,d   Areta, Juan Ignacio ^a,e   Ferreyra, Hebe ^f   Beldomenico, Pablo ^a,f,g   di Bitetti, Mario S ^a,b,c  

^a Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas ^*  (Argentina)

^b INSTITUTO DE BIOLOGÍA SUBTROPICAL   (Argentina)

^c Centro de Investigaciones del Bosque Atlantico Puerto Iguazu   (Argentina)

^d INSTITUTE OF COGNITIVE SCIENCES AND TECHNOLOGIES   (Italy)

^e Grupo FALCO   (Argentina)

^f Wildlife Conservation Society   (Argentina)

^g UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DEL LITORAL   (Argentina)

Author keywords

Disease; Population decline; Primate conservation; Yellow fever outbreak

Indexed keywords

HABITAT CONSERVATION; POPULATION DECLINE; PRIMATE; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS; SPECIES CONSERVATION; VACCINATION; YELLOW FEVER;

ALOUATTA; ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARGENTINA; ARTICLE; ENDANGERED SPECIES; EPIDEMIC; MONKEY DISEASE; VIROLOGY; YELLOW FEVER;

ALOUATTA; ANIMALS; ARGENTINA; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; ENDANGERED SPECIES; MONKEY DISEASES; YELLOW FEVER;

ARGENTINA; ATLANTIC FOREST; MISIONES [ARGENTINA]; PINALITO PROVINCIAL PARK;

ALOUATTA; ALOUATTA CARAYA; ALOUATTA GUARIBA CLAMITANS; PRIMATES;

EID: 77951671610     PISSN: 02752565     EISSN: 10982345     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ajp.20796     Document Type: Article

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