Historical demography of a wild lemur population (Propithecus verreauxi) in southwest Madagascar

Population Ecology

Volumn 53, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 229-240

  Lawler, Richard R ^a  

^a JAMES MADISON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Habitat disturbance; Hunting; Life table response experiment; Population growth rate; Sifaka

Indexed keywords

ADULT; CLIMATE VARIATION; COLONIZATION; DEMOGRAPHIC HISTORY; ECOLOGICAL IMPACT; ENVIRONMENTAL DISTURBANCE; EXTINCTION; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GROWTH RATE; HABITAT FRAGMENTATION; HUNTING; LIFE CYCLE; LIFE TABLE; POPULATION BOTTLENECK; POPULATION DECLINE; POPULATION GROWTH; POPULATION MODELING; POPULATION SIZE; PRIMATE; RAINFALL; WILD POPULATION;

MADAGASCAR;

ANIMALIA; LEMUR; PROPITHECUS; PROPITHECUS VERREAUXI; STREPSIRHINI;

EID: 78650308105     PISSN: 14383896     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10144-010-0206-9     Document Type: Article

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