Is the gorilla a threatened species? How should we judge?

Biological Conservation

Volumn 75, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 165-176

  Harcourt, A H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Africa; Conservation status; Gorilla; IUCN criteria; Primate

Indexed keywords

ENDANGERED MAMMAL; GORILLA; POPULATION DECLINE;

NIGERIA, EQUATORIAL GUINEA;

GORILLA GORILLA;

EID: 0029668867     PISSN: 00063207     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0006-3207(95)00059-3     Document Type: Article

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