Demographic Structure of Zanzibar Red Colobus Populations in Unprotected Coral Rag and Mangrove Forests

International Journal of Primatology

Volumn 32, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 24-45

  Nowak, Katarzyna ^a   Lee, Phyllis C ^b  

^a PRINCETON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF STIRLING   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Habitat fragmentation; Local extinction risk; Mangrove; Procolobus; Refuge

Indexed keywords

AGE STRUCTURE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DEMOGRAPHIC TREND; ENDANGERED SPECIES; ENDEMIC SPECIES; EXTINCTION RISK; GROUP SIZE; HABITAT CONSERVATION; HABITAT FRAGMENTATION; HABITAT QUALITY; LIMESTONE; LOCAL EXTINCTION; MANGROVE; PRIMATE; PROTECTED AREA; REFUGE; SPECIES CONSERVATION; SURVIVAL;

TANZANIA; ZANZIBAR ISLAND;

ANTHOZOA; COLOBINAE; PROCOLOBUS; PROCOLOBUS BADIUS; PROCOLOBUS KIRKII; RHIZOPHORACEAE;

EID: 79251638270     PISSN: 01640291     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10764-010-9434-2     Document Type: Article

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