Testing parallel laser image scaling for remotely measuring body dimensions on mantled howling monkeys (Alouatta palliata)

American Journal of Primatology

Volumn 77, Issue 8, 2015, Pages 823-832

  Barrickman, Nancy L ^a   Schreier, Amy L ^b   Glander, Kenneth E ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WATERLOO   (Canada)

^b REGIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Body size; Mantled howling monkey; Measurement error; Parallel laser photo scale; Remote measurement

Indexed keywords

BIOMONITORING; BODY SIZE; CAPTURE METHOD; ERROR ANALYSIS; LASER METHOD; PRIMATE; REMOTE SENSING;

COSTA RICA;

ALOUATTA PALLIATA; ANIMALIA; PRIMATES;

ALOUATTA; ANATOMY AND HISTOLOGY; ANIMAL; BODY POSTURE; BODY SIZE; COSTA RICA; EVALUATION STUDY; LASER; MORPHOMETRICS; OBSERVER VARIATION; PHOTOGRAPHY; PROCEDURES; VETERINARY;

ALOUATTA; ANIMALS; BODY SIZE; BODY WEIGHTS AND MEASURES; COSTA RICA; LASERS; OBSERVER VARIATION; PHOTOGRAMMETRY; POSTURE;

EID: 84937975647     PISSN: 02752565     EISSN: 10982345     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ajp.22416     Document Type: Article

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