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Differential effects of forest degradation on primate populations

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A population survey of nonhuman primates in an area of northern Colombia was conducted using repeated systematic census techniques as well as exploratory transects. Both remnant forest patches and more extensive forests were examined for comparison. WhereasLagothrix andAteles were most numerous in extensive forests,Lagothrix was virtually absent in remnant forests.Cebus, Alouatta andSaguinus persist in remnant forests, and the last may even find second growth a favorable habitat. These results are in good agreement with independent studies in a second area in the South.

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  1. Irwin S. Bernstein, Peter Balcaen & Lawrence Dresdale

    Present address: Department of Psychology, Bucknell University, Lewisburg, Pennsylvania, USA

  2. Harold Gouzoules

    Present address: Department of Zoology, University of Wisconsin, Madison, Wisconsin, USA

  3. Michael Kavanagh

    Present address: School of Biological Sciences, University of Sussex, Brighton, England

  4. Thomas Patterson

    Present address: Department of Psychology, University of California, Riverside, USA

  5. Patricia Neyman-Warner

    Present address: United States Peace Corps., USA

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    Irwin S. Bernstein, Peter Balcaen, Lawrence Dresdale, Harold Gouzoules, Michael Kavanagh & Thomas Patterson

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Bernstein, I.S., Balcaen, P., Dresdale, L. et al. Differential effects of forest degradation on primate populations. Primates 17, 401–411 (1976). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02382793

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