Population Density Estimates of the Critically Endangered Yellow-tailed Woolly Monkeys (Oreonax flavicauda) at La Esperanza, Northeastern Peru

International Journal of Primatology

Volumn 32, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 878-888

  Shanee, Sam ^a   Shanee, Noga ^a,b  

^a Neotropical Primate Conservation   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KENT   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Conservation; Density estimates; Lagothrix flavicauda; Line transect methods

Indexed keywords

CLOUD FOREST; ENDANGERED SPECIES; ENDEMIC SPECIES; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; GROUP SIZE; HABITAT CONSERVATION; HABITAT FRAGMENTATION; HUMAN ACTIVITY; HUNTING; LINE TRANSECT; POPULATION DENSITY; PRIMATE; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS; WILDLIFE MANAGEMENT;

AMAZONAS [PERU]; PERU;

ESPERANZA; LAGOTHRIX; LAGOTHRIX FLAVICAUDA;

EID: 79960463890     PISSN: 01640291     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10764-011-9507-x     Document Type: Article

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