Influence of the landscape matrix on the abundance of arboreal primates in fragmented landscapes

Primates

Volumn 52, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 139-147

  Pozo Montuy, Gilberto ^a,b   Serio Silva, Juan Carlos ^b,c   Bonilla Sánchez, Yadira M ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSIDAD VERACRUZANA   (Mexico)

^b Estación de Primatología y Vida Silvestre A C   (Mexico)

^c INSTITUTO DE ECOLOGÍA   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Arboreal primates; Conservation; Fragmentation; Habitat management; Isolated trees; Landscape matrix; Living fences

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; CONSERVATION; FRAGMENTATION; HABITAT MANAGEMENT; ISOLATED POPULATION; LANDSCAPE EVOLUTION; PRIMATE;

ALOUATTA; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; FEMALE; MALE; MEXICO; PHYSIOLOGY; POPULATION DENSITY; TREE;

ALOUATTA; ANIMALS; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; ECOSYSTEM; FEMALE; MALE; MEXICO; POPULATION DENSITY; TREES;

ALOUATTA; ALOUATTA CARAYA; ALOUATTA PIGRA; ANIMALIA; EUCALYPTUS; PRIMATES;

EID: 79953239374     PISSN: 00328332     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10329-010-0231-5     Document Type: Article

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