Decline of the Endangered Barbary macaque Macaca sylvanus in the cedar forest of the Middle Atlas Mountains, Morocco

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Volumn 44, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 133-138

  Van Lavieren, Els ^a   Wich, Serge A ^b  

^a Moroccan Primate Conservation Foundation   (Netherlands)

^b Great Ape Trust of Iowa   (United States)

Author keywords

Barbary macaque; Decline; Density; Habitat destruction; Livestock; Macaca sylvanus; Morocco

Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; ENDANGERED SPECIES; HABITAT FRAGMENTATION; HABITAT LOSS; LIVESTOCK; OVERGRAZING; POPULATION DECLINE; POPULATION DENSITY; PRIMATE; RED LIST;

ATLAS MOUNTAINS; MIDDLE ATLAS; MOROCCO;

ANIMALIA; CEDRUS; CEDRUS ATLANTICA; MACACA; MACACA SYLVANUS;

EID: 77952552439     PISSN: 00306053     EISSN: 13653008     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0030605309990172     Document Type: Article

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