Why is a landscape perspective important in studies of primates?

American Journal of Primatology

Volumn 76, Issue 10, 2014, Pages 901-909

  Arroyo Rodríguez, Víctor ^a   Fahrig, Lenore ^b  

^a INSTITUTO DE INVESTIGACIONES EN ECOSISTEMAS Y SUSTENTABILIDAD   (Mexico)

^b CARLETON UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Habitat fragmentation; Habitat loss; Landscape scale; Landscape structure; Patch scale; Patch landscape approach

Indexed keywords

PRIMATES;

ANIMAL; BIODIVERSITY; CLIMATE CHANGE; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; PHYSIOLOGY; PRIMATE;

ANIMALS; BIODIVERSITY; CLIMATE CHANGE; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; ECOSYSTEM; PRIMATES;

EID: 84925341649     PISSN: 02752565     EISSN: 10982345     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ajp.22282     Document Type: Article

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