Distribution of rhesus macaques (Macaca mulatta) in Bangladesh: Inter-population variation in group size and composition

Primate Conservation

Volumn 26, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 125-132

  Hasan, Md Kamrul ^a   Aziz, M Abdul ^a   Alam, S M Rabiul ^a   Kawamoto, Yoshi ^b   Engel, Lisa Jones ^c   Kyes, Randall C ^c   Akhtar, Sharmin ^a   Begum, Sajeda ^a   Feeroz, M Mostafa ^a  

^a JAHANGIRNAGAR UNIVERSITY   (Bangladesh)

^b KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

Bangladesh; distribution; group size; Macaca mulatta; population; Rhesus macaque

Indexed keywords

EID: 84875126553     PISSN: 08986207     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1896/052.026.0103     Document Type: Article

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