Patterns of intestinal parasitism in the mountain gorilla Gorilla gorilla in the Bwindi-Impenetrable Forest, Uganda

Journal of Zoology

Volumn 239, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 507-514

  Ashford, R W ^a   Lawson, H ^a   Butynski, T M ^b   Reid, G D F ^c  

^a LIVERPOOL SCHOOL OF TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

^b Gorilla Project   (Uganda)

^c INSTITUTE OF PRIMATE RESEARCH   (Kenya)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CESTODA; CILIOPHORA; GORILLA GORILLA; GORILLA GORILLA BERINGEI; GORILLA GORILLA GORILLA; MASTIGOPHORA (FLAGELLATES); NEMATODA; PROTOZOA; UNGULATA; VERMES;

INTESTINAL PARASITISM; MOUNTAIN GORILLA;

UGANDA,BWINDI-IMPENETRABLE FOREST;

EID: 0029661179     PISSN: 09528369     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-7998.1996.tb05939.x     Document Type: Article

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