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Novel survey method finds dramatic decline of wild cotton-top tamarin population

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  • Anne Savage

    (Disney's Animal Kingdom)

  • Len Thomas

    (Centre for Research into Ecological and Environmental Modelling and School of Mathematics and Statistics, University of St Andrews)

  • Katherine A. Leighty

    (Disney's Animal Kingdom)

  • Luis H. Soto

    (Fundación Proyecto Tití, Carrera 56, no. 68-85, Barranquilla, Colombia.)

  • Felix S. Medina

    (Fundación Proyecto Tití, Carrera 56, no. 68-85, Barranquilla, Colombia.)

Abstract

For conservation purposes, accurate methods are required to track cotton-top tamarins in their natural habitat. As existing census methods are not appropriate for surveying these monkeys, a lure-transect method combined with playback vocalization was used here to allow accurate counting of the animals.

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  • Anne Savage & Len Thomas & Katherine A. Leighty & Luis H. Soto & Felix S. Medina, 2010. "Novel survey method finds dramatic decline of wild cotton-top tamarin population," Nature Communications, Nature, vol. 1(1), pages 1-7, December.
    • Handle: RePEc:nat:natcom:v:1:y:2010:i:1:d:10.1038_ncomms1030
    DOI: 10.1038/ncomms1030
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    1. Lili Reyes Hernandez & Melissa Yepes Tafur, 2013. "Evaluación económica de preservar el Mono Tití Cabeciblanco: Una aplicación del método de valoración contingente," Revista Economía y Región, Universidad Tecnológica de Bolívar, vol. 7(1), pages 69-99, June.

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