Distribution and Abundance of Primates in Rain Forests of the Western Ghats, Karnataka, India and the Conservation of Macaca silenus

@article{Kumara2004DistributionAA,
  title={Distribution and Abundance of Primates in Rain Forests of the Western Ghats, Karnataka, India and the Conservation of Macaca silenus},
  author={Honnavalli Nagaraj Kumara and Mewa Singh},
  journal={International Journal of Primatology},
  year={2004},
  volume={25},
  pages={1001-1018}
}
  • H. N. Kumara, Mewa Singh
  • Published 1 October 2004
  • Biology, Environmental Science
  • International Journal of Primatology
We assessed the distribution and abundance of 4 species of diurnal primates viz. lion-tailed macaque, bonnet macaque, Nilgiri langur and Hanuman langur, in 2 areas—Brahmagiri-Makut and Sirsi-Honnavara—in rain forests of the Western Ghats in the state of Karnataka, India. The Nilgiri langurs in Brahmagiri-Makut and the lion-tailed macaques in Sirsi-Honnavara are the northernmost populations of the 2 species in the Western Ghats. The 2 regions represent changes in ecological zones in the Western… 
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