Censusing chimpanzees in the Budongo Forest, Uganda

International Journal of Primatology

Volumn 17, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 85-99

  Plumptre, A J ^a,b   Reynolds, V ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b Budongo Forest Project   (Uganda)

Author keywords

Censusing; Chimpanzee; Nest decay rate; Population density; Rain forest

Indexed keywords

EID: 0030038139     PISSN: 01640291     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF02696160     Document Type: Article

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