Sleeping site selection of Francois's langur (Trachypithecus francoisi) in two habitats in Mayanghe National Nature Reserve, Guizhou, China

Primates

Volumn 52, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 51-60

  Wang, Shuangling ^a,b   Luo, Yang ^c   Cui, Guofa ^b  

^a Guangxi Forest Inventory and Planning Institute   (China)

^b BEIJING FORESTRY UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c FAUNA AND FLORA INTERNATIONAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Disturbed habitat; Francois's langur; Mayanghe National Nature Reserve; Sleeping site; Trachypithecus francoisi; Undisturbed habitat

Indexed keywords

BEHAVIORAL ECOLOGY; FORAGING BEHAVIOR; HABITAT TYPE; HABITAT USE; PRIMATE; SITE SELECTION; SLEEP;

CHINA; GUIZHOU; MAYANGHE NATIONAL NATURE RESERVE;

PRIMATES; TRACHYPITHECUS FRANCOISI;

EID: 78651239042     PISSN: 00328332     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10329-010-0218-2     Document Type: Article

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