Lesula: A New Species of Cercopithecus Monkey Endemic to the Democratic Republic of Congo and Implications for Conservation of Congo's Central Basin

PLoS ONE

Volumn 7, Issue 9, 2012, Pages

  Hart, John A ^a,b   Detwiler, Kate M ^c   Gilbert, Christopher C ^d,e   Burrell, Andrew S ^f   Fuller, James L ^e,g   Emetshu, Maurice ^a   Hart, Terese B ^a,b   Vosper, Ashley ^h   Sargis, Eric J ^b   Tosi, Anthony J ^f  

^a Lukuru Wildlife Research Foundation   (Democratic Republic Congo)

^b YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c FLORIDA ATLANTIC UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d CITY UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

^e NEW YORK CONSORTIUM IN EVOLUTIONARY PRIMATOLOGY   (United States)

^f NEW YORK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^g Och Spine at New York Presbyterian Hospitals   (United States)

^h Mbeli Bai Study   (Congo)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL COMMUNICATION; ANIMAL GENETICS; ANIMAL STRUCTURES; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CERCOPITHECUS; CERCOPITHECUS HAMLYNI; CERCOPITHECUS LOMAMIENSIS; CHROMOSOME ANALYSIS; COMPARATIVE ANATOMY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC CONGO; ENDEMIC SPECIES; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; GEOGRAPHIC ORIGIN; HAPLORHINI; HERBIVORE; LESULA; MORPHOLOGICAL TRAIT; NEW SPECIES; NONHUMAN; PHYLOGENY; RIVER BASIN; SKULL; SPECIES CONSERVATION; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; SPECIES DIVERSITY; SPECIES HABITAT; SPECIES IDENTIFICATION; STRUCTURAL HOMOLOGY; VEGETATION; VOCALIZATION;

ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; CERCOPITHECUS; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF THE CONGO; ECOSYSTEM; GENETIC VARIATION; GEOGRAPHY; MALE; SKIN; SKULL; SPECTRUM ANALYSIS; TIME FACTORS; VOCALIZATION, ANIMAL;

CERCOPITHECUS; CERCOPITHECUS HAMLYNI; PRIMATES; SIMIIFORMES;

EID: 84866315704     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0044271     Document Type: Article

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