Fragmented living: Behavioural ecology of primates in a forest fragment in the Lopé Reserve, Gabon

Primates

Volumn 40, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 249-265

  Tutin, Caroline E G ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF STIRLING   (United Kingdom)

^b SEGC   (Gabon)

Author keywords

Competition; Diet; Fragmentation; Guenons; Inter specific interactions; Primate community

Indexed keywords

BEHAVIORAL ECOLOGY; COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; HABITAT FRAGMENTATION; INTERSPECIFIC COMPETITION; PRIMATE;

GABON;

CERCOCEBUS ALBIGENA; CERCOPITHECUS CEPHUS; CERCOPITHECUS NICTITANS; CERCOPITHECUS POGONIAS; COLOBUS SATANAS; PAN TROGLODYTES;

EID: 0032971301     PISSN: 00328332     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF02557714     Document Type: Article

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