Assessing habitat fragmentation effects on primates: The importance of evaluating questions at the correct scale

Primates in Fragments: Complexity and Resilience

Volumn , Issue , 2013, Pages 13-28

  Arroyo Rodríguez, Víctor ^a   Cuesta, Eddaly del Moral ^a   Mandujano, Salvador ^b   Chapman, Colin A ^c   Reyna Hurtado, Rafael ^d   Fahrig, Lenore ^e  

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

^b INSTITUTO DE ECOLOGÍA   (Mexico)

^c MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^d Grupo Académico Adaptación Humana y Manejo de Recursos en Ecosistemas Tropicales   (Mexico)

^e CARLETON UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

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EID: 85016558175     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1007/978-1-4614-8839-2_2     Document Type: Chapter

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