Structure and floristic composition of one of the last forest fragments containing the critically endangered Northern Muriqui (Brachyteles Hypoxanthus, Primates)

Ecotropica

Volumn 17, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 53-69

  Boubli, Jean P ^a   Couto Santos, Fabiana R ^b   Strier, Karen B ^c  

^a WILDLIFE CONSERVATION SOCIETY   (Brazil)

^b INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE PESQUISAS DA AMAZÔNIA   (Brazil)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

Author keywords

Atlantic forest; Botanical inventory; Brachyteles; Habitat structure; Primate conservation

Indexed keywords

EID: 84857870145     PISSN: 09493026     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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