Modeling Primate Abundance in Complex Landscapes: A Case Study From the Udzungwa Mountains of Tanzania

International Journal of Primatology

Volumn 36, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 209-226

  Barelli, Claudia ^a,b,c   Mundry, Roger ^d   Araldi, Alessandro ^b   Hodges, Keith ^b   Rocchini, Duccio ^c   Rovero, Francesco ^a,e  

^a MUSE Museo delle Scienze   (Italy)

^b GERMAN PRIMATE CENTER   (Germany)

^c RESEARCH AND INNOVATION CENTRE   (Italy)

^d MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR EVOLUTIONARY ANTHROPOLOGY   (Germany)

^e Udzungwa Ecological Monitoring Centre (UEMC)   (Tanzania)

Author keywords

Eastern Arc; Ecological models; Forest disturbance; Line transect; Peters Angola colobus; Rain forest; Tanzania Sykes monkey; Udzungwa red colobus

Indexed keywords

EID: 84939986906     PISSN: 01640291     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10764-015-9815-7     Document Type: Article

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