Sixteen-year review of the population trends and mortality causes for captive Woolly monkey Lagothrix spp

International Zoo Yearbook

Volumn 44, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 212-217

  Ange Van Heugten, K ^a,b   Van Heugten, E ^a   Verstegen, M W A ^b  

^a NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Breeding; Management; New World monkey; Survey reports; Survivability; Woolly monkey

Indexed keywords

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); LAGOTHRIX; PLATYRRHINI; PROTOZOA;

EID: 77952683148     PISSN: 00749664     EISSN: 17481090     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1748-1090.2009.00106.x     Document Type: Article

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