Muriqui House: conservation management to support the recovery of the northern muriqui Brachyteles hypoxanthus in Ibitipoca, Minas Gerais, Brazil

Muriqui House: conservation management to support the recovery of the northern muriqui Brachyteles hypoxanthus in Ibitipoca, Minas Gerais, Brazil

Ensuring the demographic and genetic viability of small populations of threatened primates requires a range of management approaches. Here we describe a novel mixed in situ and ex situ management project that was developed to restore a population of the Critically Endangered northern muriqui Brachyt...

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Main Authors: Fabiano R. de Melo, Fernanda P. Tabacow, Priscila Maria Pereira, Marcello S. Nery, Leandro S. Moreira, Érika Procópio Tostes Teixeira, Danilo Simonini-Teixeira, Mônica Valença-Montenegro, Karen B. Strier, Leandro Jerusalinsky
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Cambridge University Press
Series:Oryx
Subjects:
Atlantic forest
Brachyteles hypoxanthus
captive breeding
conservation action plan
Neotropical primates
northern muriqui
social behaviour
translocation
Online Access:https://www.cambridge.org/core/product/identifier/S0030605324000644/type/journal_article

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