Line transect surveying of arboreal monkeys: Problems of group size and spread in a highly fragmented landscape

American Journal of Primatology

Volumn 72, Issue 12, 2010, Pages 1100-1107

  Ferrari, Stephen F ^a   Chagas, Renata R D ^a   Souza Alves, João Pedro ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF SERGIPE   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Atlantic forest; Callicebus coimbrai; Cebus xanthosternos; Conservation; Data analysis; Line transect survey

Indexed keywords

ARBOREAL SPECIES; ASSESSMENT METHOD; ENDANGERED SPECIES; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; GROUP SIZE; HABITAT CONSERVATION; HABITAT FRAGMENTATION; LANDSCAPE; POPULATION DENSITY; POPULATION DISTRIBUTION; POPULATION STRUCTURE; PRIMATE; SPECIES DIVERSITY; STANDARDIZATION; SURVEY;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BRAZIL; CALLITHRIX; CEBUS; DEMOGRAPHY; INFORMATION PROCESSING; METHODOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PITHECIIDAE; POPULATION DENSITY; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR;

ANIMALS; BRAZIL; CALLITHRIX; CEBUS; DATA COLLECTION; DEMOGRAPHY; PITHECIIDAE; POPULATION DENSITY; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR;

BRAZIL;

ANIMALIA; CALLICEBUS; CALLICEBUS COIMBRAI; CALLITHRIX JACCHUS; CEBIDAE; CEBUS; CEBUS XANTHOSTERNOS; CYRILLA; MARMOSETS; PRIMATES;

EID: 77958543994     PISSN: 02752565     EISSN: 10982345     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ajp.20873     Document Type: Article

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