Observation time and sampling intervals for measuring behavior and interactions of chimpanzees in the wild

Primates

Volumn 37, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 185-196

  Kawanaka, Kenji ^a  

^a OKAYAMA UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Behavior measurement; Instantaneous sampling; Mahale Mountains; Observation time; Pan troglodytes; Sampling interval

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; PAN (APE); PAN TROGLODYTES; TROGLODYTES;

EID: 0039983792     PISSN: 00328332     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF02381406     Document Type: Article

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