Primate taxonomy: Species and conservation

Evolutionary Anthropology

Volumn 23, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 8-10

  Rylands, Anthony B ^a   Mittermeier, Russell A ^a  

^a IUCN SSC Primate Specialist Group   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Primate taxonomy; Species concepts; Species conservation

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CLASSIFICATION; EVOLUTION; PHYSICAL ANTHROPOLOGY; PRIMATE; PRIMATE TAXONOMY; SPECIES CONCEPTS; SPECIES CONSERVATION; ZOOLOGY;

PRIMATE TAXONOMY; SPECIES CONCEPTS; SPECIES CONSERVATION;

ANIMALS; ANTHROPOLOGY, PHYSICAL; BIOLOGICAL EVOLUTION; PRIMATES; ZOOLOGY;

EID: 84894230881     PISSN: 10601538     EISSN: 15206505     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/evan.21387     Document Type: Article

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