Community protection of the Manas Biosphere Reserve in Assam, India, and the Endangered golden langur Trachypithecus geei

ORYX

Volumn 44, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 252-260

  Horwich, Robert H ^a   Islari, Rajen ^b   Bose, Arnab ^c   Dey, Bablu ^c   Moshahary, Mahesh ^c   Dey, Nirmal Kanti ^b   Das, Raju ^b   Lyon, Jonathan ^d  

^a Community Conservation ^*  (United States)

^b Green Forest Conservation ^*  (India)

^c Natures Foster   (India)

^d MERRIMACK COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

Assam; Community based conservation; Golden langur; India; Manas Biosphere Reserve; Trachypithecus geei

Indexed keywords

COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; DEFORESTATION; ENDANGERED SPECIES; HABITAT CONSERVATION; HERBIVORY; NONGOVERNMENTAL ORGANIZATION; POACHING; POPULATION STRUCTURE; PRIMATE; REGIONAL PLANNING; SPECIES CONSERVATION; STATE ROLE; VIOLENCE;

ASSAM; INDIA; MANAS TIGER RESERVE;

TRACHYPITHECUS GEEI;

EID: 77952488329     PISSN: 00306053     EISSN: 13653008     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0030605310000037     Document Type: Article

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