Group size and group composition of the bongo (Tragelaphus eurycerus) at a natural lick in the Dzanga National Park, Central African Republic

Mammalia

Volumn 63, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 437-448

  Turkalo, A ^a   Klaus Hugi C ^b  

^a Wildlife Conservation Society   (Central African Republic)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GROUP SIZE; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; UNGULATE;

CENTRAL AFRICAN REPUBLIC; DZANGA NATIONAL PARK;

ANIMALIA; ANTELOPE; TRAGELAPHUS EURYCERUS; UNGULATA; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 0342265108     PISSN: 00251461     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1515/mamm.1999.63.4.437     Document Type: Article

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