Density Estimation of the Endangered Udzungwa Red Colobus (Procolobus gordonorum) and Other Arboreal Primates in the Udzungwa Mountains Using Systematic Distance Sampling

International Journal of Primatology

Volumn 35, Issue 5, 2014, Pages 941-956

  Araldi, Alessandro ^a   Barelli, Claudia ^a,b,c   Hodges, Keith ^a   Rovero, Francesco ^b,d  

^a GERMAN PRIMATE CENTER   (Germany)

^b MUSE Museo delle Scienze   (Italy)

^c RESEARCH AND INNOVATION CENTRE   (Italy)

^d Udzungwa Ecological Monitoring Centre ^*  (Tanzania)

Author keywords

Abundance estimation; Angolan colobus; Census; Distance sampling; Line transect; Primate density; Sykes monkey; Tanzania; Udzungwa Mountains; Udzungwa red colobus

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE ESTIMATION; CENSUS; CONSERVATION STATUS; ENDEMIC SPECIES; HABITAT FRAGMENTATION; LINE TRANSECT; POPULATION DENSITY; PRIMATE; PROTECTED AREA; STRESS RESISTANCE; SURVIVAL;

TANZANIA; UDZUNGWA MOUNTAINS;

CERCOPITHECUS MITIS; COLOBUS ANGOLENSIS; COLOBUS SP.; PRIMATES; PROCOLOBUS BADIUS; PROCOLOBUS GORDONORUM;

EID: 84942258748     PISSN: 01640291     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10764-014-9772-6     Document Type: Article

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