Noninvasive genetic assessment of the population trend and sex ratio of the Shennongjia population of Sichuan snub-nosed monkeys (Rhinopithecus roxellana)

Chinese Science Bulletin

Volumn 57, Issue 10, 2012, Pages 1135-1141

  Chang, ZongFei ^a,b,c   Liu, ZhiJin ^a   Yang, JingYuan ^d   Li, Ming ^a   Vigilant, Linda ^b  

^a INSTITUTE OF ZOOLOGY   (China)

^b MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR EVOLUTIONARY ANTHROPOLOGY   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (China)

^d Hubei Province Key Laboratory of Conservation Biology of Shennongjia Golden Monkey   (China)

Author keywords

noninvasive sampling; population size; sex ratio; Shennongjia; snub nosed monkey

Indexed keywords

HAPLORHINI; PRIMATES; PYGATHRIX ROXELLANA;

EID: 84858704182     PISSN: 10016538     EISSN: 18619541     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11434-011-4872-6     Document Type: Article

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