Notes on the behavior of captive and released woolly monkeys (Lagothrix lagothricha): Reintroduction as a conservation strategy in Colombian southern Amazon

The Woolly Monkey: Behavior, Ecology, Systematics, and Captive Research

Volumn , Issue , 2014, Pages 249-266

  Millán, Juan F ^a   Bennett, Sara E ^b   Stevenson, Pablo R ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD DE LOS ANDES   (Colombia)

^b Fundación Maikuchiga   (Colombia)

Author keywords

Amazon; Behavior; Lagothrix lagothricha; Rehabilitation; Woolly monkeys

Indexed keywords

EID: 85011933179     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1007/978-1-4939-0697-0_14     Document Type: Chapter

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