The Impact of Forest Disturbance on the Seasonal Foraging Ecology of a Critically Endangered African Primate

Biotropica

Volumn 44, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 560-568

  Bracebridge, Claire E ^a,b   Davenport, Tim R ^b   Marsden, Stuart J ^a  

^a MANCHESTER METROPOLITAN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b Wildlife Conservation Society WCS   (Tanzania)

Author keywords

Ecological stress; Forest quality; Frugivory; Kipunji Rungwecebus kipunji; Regeneration; Rungwe Livingstone; Southwest Tanzania

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; CONSERVATION MANAGEMENT; DICOTYLEDON; DISTURBANCE; ENDANGERED SPECIES; ENVIRONMENTAL STRESS; FORAGING BEHAVIOR; FOREST ECOSYSTEM; FRUGIVORY; HABITAT CONSERVATION; HABITAT FRAGMENTATION; HABITAT LOSS; PRIMATE; REFORESTATION; REGENERATION; SAPLING; SEASONAL VARIATION; SEEDLING; SHRUB; SPECIES DIVERSITY; SPECIES EVENNESS;

TANZANIA;

MACARANGA; PRIMATES;

EID: 84863480774     PISSN: 00063606     EISSN: 17447429     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1744-7429.2012.00854.x     Document Type: Article

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