Sleeping sites of Rhinopithecus brelichi at Yangaoping, Guizhou

International Journal of Primatology

Volumn 31, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 59-71

  Xiang, Zuo Fu ^a,b   Nie, Shuai Guo ^b   Chang, Zong Fei ^a,c   Wei, Fu Wen ^a   Li, Ming ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF ZOOLOGY   (China)

^b CENTRAL SOUTH UNIVERSITY OF FORESTRY AND TECHNOLOGY   (China)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (China)

Author keywords

Climate stress; Predation risk; Rhinopithecus brelichi; Sleeping site; Thermoregulation

Indexed keywords

ARBOREAL SPECIES; CLIMATE FORCING; DIURNAL ACTIVITY; ENDANGERED SPECIES; PREDATION RISK; PRIMATE; SLEEP; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS; SPECIES CONSERVATION; SURVIVAL; THERMOREGULATION;

CHINA; GUIZHOU;

PRIMATES; PYGATHRIX BRELICHI;

EID: 77952669449     PISSN: 01640291     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10764-009-9378-6     Document Type: Article

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