Focusing Conservation Efforts for the Critically Endangered Brown-headed Spider Monkey (Ateles fusciceps) Using Remote Sensing, Modeling, and Playback Survey Methods

International Journal of Primatology

Volumn 32, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 134-148

  Peck, Mika ^a   Thorn, James ^b   Mariscal, Ana ^c   Baird, Abigail ^b   Tirira, Diego ^d   Kniveton, Dominic ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SUSSEX   (United Kingdom)

^b OXFORD BROOKES UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c C/o Herbario Nacional del Ecuador (QCNE)   (Ecuador)

^d Fundacion Mamiferos y Conservacion   (Ecuador)

Author keywords

Ateles fusciceps; Brown headed spider monkey; Ecological niche modeling; Habitat mapping; LANDSAT; MaxEnt

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; DATA SET; ECOLOGICAL MODELING; ENDANGERED SPECIES; ENDEMIC SPECIES; FIELD SURVEY; FOREST ECOSYSTEM; LANDSAT; POPULATION ESTIMATION; PRIMATE; REMOTE SENSING; SATELLITE ALTIMETRY; SPECIES CONSERVATION;

ANDES; ECUADOR;

ATELES FUSCICEPS; ATELES SP.; PRIMATES;

EID: 79251605991     PISSN: 01640291     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10764-010-9445-z     Document Type: Article

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