Random walks and the gas model: Spacing behaviour of Grey-Cheeked Mangabeys

Functional Ecology

Volumn 12, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 857-865

  Barrett, L ^a,b   Lowen, C B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KWAZULU NATAL   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Cercocebus albigena johnstoni; Encounter rates; Population density

Indexed keywords

MODEL; MOVEMENT; POPULATION CHARACTERISTICS; SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT;

UGANDA;

CERCOCEBUS ALBIGENA;

EID: 0032449234     PISSN: 02698463     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2435.1998.00261.x     Document Type: Article

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