Demography of Simakobu (Simias concolor) and the Impact of Human Disturbance

American Journal of Primatology

Volumn 74, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 580-590

  Erb, Wendy M ^a   Borries, Carola ^a   Lestari, Nurul S ^b   Ziegler, Thomas ^c  

^a STONY BROOK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Forestry Research and Development Agency   (Indonesia)

^c GERMAN PRIMATE CENTER   (Germany)

Author keywords

All male group; Dispersal; Group size; Habitat disturbance; Hunting; One male group

Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; BIRTH RATE; CONSERVATION PLANNING; DEMOGRAPHIC TREND; DISPERSAL; ENDANGERED SPECIES; HABITAT CONSERVATION; HABITAT FRAGMENTATION; HABITAT LOSS; HUNTING; PHYLOGENETICS; POPULATION SIZE; PRIMATE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SEXUAL DIMORPHISM; SURVIVAL; WILD POPULATION;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIRTH; COLOBINAE; DEMOGRAPHY; ENDANGERED SPECIES; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHY; HUMAN; INDONESIA; MALE; PHYSIOLOGY; POPULATION DENSITY; POPULATION MIGRATION; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SEX RATIO; STATISTICS;

ANIMAL MIGRATION; ANIMALS; COLOBINAE; DEMOGRAPHY; ENDANGERED SPECIES; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHY; HUMANS; INDONESIA; MALE; PARTURITION; POPULATION DENSITY; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SEX RATIO;

GREATER SUNDA ISLANDS; INDONESIA; MENTAWAI ISLANDS; SIBERUT; SUMATRA; SUNDA ISLES; WEST SUMATRA;

NASALIS CONCOLOR;

EID: 84860336515     PISSN: 02752565     EISSN: 10982345     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ajp.22010     Document Type: Article

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