Going, going, gone: A 15-year history of the decline of primates in forest fragments near kibale national park, Uganda

Primates in Fragments: Complexity and Resilience

Volumn , Issue , 2013, Pages 89-100

  Chapman, Colin A ^a   Ghai, Ria ^b   Jacob, Aerin ^b   Koojo, Sam Mugume ^c   Reyna Hurtado, Rafael ^c   Rothman, Jessica M ^d   Twinomugisha, Dennis ^e   Wasserman, Michael D ^b   Goldberg, Tony L ^f  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c MAKERERE UNIVERSITY   (Uganda)

^d Grupo Académico Adaptación Humana y Manejo de Recursos en Ecosistemas Tropicales   (Mexico)

^e CITY UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

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EID: 84901454167     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1007/978-1-4614-8839-2_7     Document Type: Chapter

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