Does population increase equate to conservation success Forest fragmentation and conservation of the black howler monkey

Conservation and Society

Volumn 9, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 216-228

  Wyman, Miriam S ^a,b   Stein, Taylor V ^a   Southworth, Jane ^a   Horwich, Robert H ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

^b UTAH STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c Community Conservation Inc ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Belize; black howler monkey; Community Baboon Sanctuary; forest fragmentation; landscape metrics

Indexed keywords

ALOUATTA; ALOUATTA CARAYA; ALOUATTA PIGRA; PAPIO;

EID: 82055165656     PISSN: 09724923     EISSN: 09753133     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4103/0972-4923.86992     Document Type: Article

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