Can we extend the area of occupancy of the kipunji, a critically endangered African primate?

Animal Conservation

Volumn 14, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 687-696

  Bracebridge, C E ^a,b   Davenport, T R B ^b   Marsden, S J ^a  

^a MANCHESTER METROPOLITAN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b Wildlife Conservation Society WCS   (Tanzania)

Author keywords

Extent of occurrence; Forest fragmentation; GLM; Habitat suitability; Kipunji; Mt. Rungwe Livingstone

Indexed keywords

CONSERVATION MANAGEMENT; ENDANGERED SPECIES; ENVIRONMENTAL DISTURBANCE; HABITAT FRAGMENTATION; HABITAT QUALITY; HABITAT USE; INTERPOLATION; MONTANE FOREST; POPULATION DISTRIBUTION; PRIMATE; PROTECTED AREA; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SPECIES CONSERVATION; SUBPOPULATION; SURVIVAL;

LIVINGSTONE; MBEYA [TANZANIA]; MOUNT RUNGWE; SOUTHERN PROVINCE [ZAMBIA]; TANZANIA; ZAMBIA;

PRIMATES;

EID: 84155189178     PISSN: 13679430     EISSN: 14691795     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-1795.2011.00474.x     Document Type: Article

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