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Remote sensing technology used to map habitat of monkey with hominid-like behavior


October 2, 2015

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Scientists interested in the early hominid-like behavior of capuchin monkeys in Brazil are concerned that the animals will lose critical habitat with the expansion of industrial agriculture in their region. An article by researchers at the University of Maryland, the University of Georgia and NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center describes the use of remote sensing technology in mapping capuchin habitat in the current issue of the Journal of Applied Remote Sensing.Full Story

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