Effects of Habitat Structure and Fragmentation on Diversity and Abundance of Primates in Tropical Deciduous Forests in Bolivia

International Journal of Primatology

Volumn 31, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 796-812

  Pyritz, Lennart W ^a   Büntge, Anna B S ^b   Herzog, Sebastian K ^c   Kessler, Michael ^d  

^a GERMAN PRIMATE CENTER   (Germany)

^b MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY   (Germany)

^c Asociacion Armonia BirdLife International   (Bolivia)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Bolivia; Fragmentation; Habitat structure; Primates; Tropical deciduous forests

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; ADAPTATION; BIOACOUSTICS; CONSERVATION MANAGEMENT; DATA SET; DECIDUOUS FOREST; ENDANGERED SPECIES; ENVIRONMENTAL DISTURBANCE; HABITAT CONSERVATION; HABITAT FRAGMENTATION; HABITAT STRUCTURE; HUMAN ACTIVITY; LINE TRANSECT; PHENOTYPIC PLASTICITY; POPULATION DISTRIBUTION; PRIMATE; QUESTIONNAIRE SURVEY; SPECIES DIVERSITY; UNDERSTORY; VEGETATION STRUCTURE;

BOLIVIA; SANTA CRUZ [BOLIVIA];

ALOUATTA; ALOUATTA CARAYA; AOTUS (PRIMATE); AOTUS AZARAI BOLIVIENSIS; CALLICEBUS; CALLICEBUS DONACOPHILUS; CALLITHRIX; CALLITHRIX ARGENTATA; CEBIDAE; CEBUS; CEBUS LIBIDINOSUS; MARMOSETS; PRIMATES;

EID: 77957173704     PISSN: 01640291     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10764-010-9429-z     Document Type: Article

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