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Quantifying Fragmentation of Black Howler (Alouatta pigra) Habitat after Hurricane Iris (2001), Southern Belize

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New Perspectives in the Study of Mesoamerican Primates

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  1. Department of Geography, University of Calgary, Alberta, Canada

    Shelley M. Alexander & Nicola H. Bywater

  2. Department of Anthropology, University of Calgary, Alberta, Canada

    Mary S. M. Pavelka

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  1. Estación de Biología Los Tuxtlas, Instituto de Biología, UNAM, Apdo. Pos. 176, San Andrés Tuxtla, Veracruz, 95700, Mexico

    Alejandro Estrada

  2. Department of Anthropology, University of Illinois, Urbana, IL, 61801, USA

    Paul A. Garber

  3. Department of Anthropology, University of Calgary, Calgary, AB, T2N 1N4, Canada

    Mary S. M. Pavelka

  4. Department of Anthropology, Washington University, St. Louis, MO, 63130, USA

    LeAndra Luecke

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Alexander, S.M., Pavelka, M.S.M., Bywater, N.H. (2006). Quantifying Fragmentation of Black Howler (Alouatta pigra) Habitat after Hurricane Iris (2001), Southern Belize. In: Estrada, A., Garber, P.A., Pavelka, M.S.M., Luecke, L. (eds) New Perspectives in the Study of Mesoamerican Primates. Developments in Primatology: Progress and Prospects. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/0-387-25872-8_26

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