Predicting primate local extinctions within "real-world" forest fragments: A pan-neotropical analysis

American Journal of Primatology

Volumn 76, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 289-302

  Benchimol, Maíra ^a,b   Peres, Carlos A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EAST ANGLIA   (United Kingdom)

^b MINISTRY OF EDUCATION OF BRAZIL   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Extinction; Habitat fragmentation; Landscape structure; Life history traits; Neotropical forests

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARGENTINA; ARTICLE; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; EXTINCTION; HABITAT FRAGMENTATION; LANDSCAPE STRUCTURE; LIFE-HISTORY TRAITS; MALE; MEXICO; NEOTROPICAL FORESTS; POPULATION DYNAMICS; PRIMATE; SPECIES EXTINCTION; TREE; TROPIC CLIMATE;

EXTINCTION; HABITAT FRAGMENTATION; LANDSCAPE STRUCTURE; LIFE-HISTORY TRAITS; NEOTROPICAL FORESTS;

ANIMALS; ARGENTINA; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; ECOSYSTEM; EXTINCTION, BIOLOGICAL; MALE; MEXICO; POPULATION DYNAMICS; PRIMATES; TREES; TROPICAL CLIMATE;

EID: 84894086748     PISSN: 02752565     EISSN: 10982345     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ajp.22233     Document Type: Article

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