Postrelease success of two rehabilitated vervet monkey (Chlorocebus aethiops) troops in KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa

Folia Primatologica

Volumn 81, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 96-108

  Wimberger, Kirsten ^a   Downs, Colleen T ^a   Perrin, Michael R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KWAZULU NATAL   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Chlorocebus aethiops; Monitoring; Postrelease rehabilitation; Radiotelemetry; South Africa; Vervet monkey

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ARTICLE; CERCOPITHECUS; ENDANGERED SPECIES; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOUTH AFRICA; WILD ANIMAL;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, WILD; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; CERCOPITHECUS AETHIOPS; ENDANGERED SPECIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOUTH AFRICA;

CERCOPITHECUS; CERCOPITHECUS AETHIOPS; PRIMATES;

EID: 77954941453     PISSN: 00155713     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000314636     Document Type: Article

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