Ten days in the life of a mandrill horde in the Lope Reserve, Gabon

American Journal of Primatology

Volumn 40, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 297-313

  Rogers, M Elizabeth ^a   Abernethy, Kate A ^b,d   Fontaine, Benoit ^d   Wickings, E Jean ^d   White, Lee J T ^c,e   Tutin, Caroline E G ^b,e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF STIRLING   (United Kingdom)

^c WILDLIFE CONSERVATION SOCIETY   (United States)

^d CENTRE INTERNATIONAL DE RECHERCHES MÉDICALES DE FRANCEVILLE   (Gabon)

^e ECOFAC Gabon ^*  (Gabon)

Author keywords

food selectivity; group composition; mandrills; ranging

Indexed keywords

HEXAPODA; INSECTA; MANDRILLUS SPHINX; MARANTACEAE;

EID: 0030464640     PISSN: 02752565     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1098-2345(1996)40:4<297::AID-AJP1>3.0.CO;2-T     Document Type: Article

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