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Intensive strip census methods were used to estimate population density and age-sex composition of a natural population of the spider monkeyAteles geoffroyi, in seasonally dry forest at Tikal, Guatemala. An objective procedure for determining effective strip width is discussed, and various census methods, including direct count and strip census, are evaluated as to merits and disadvantages
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Cant, J.G.H. Population survey of the spider monkeyAteles geoffroyi at Tikal, Guatemala. Primates 19, 525–535 (1978). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02373314
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