Newly Discovered Gorilla Population in the Ebo Forest, Littoral Province, Cameroon

International Journal of Primatology

Volumn 24, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 1129-1137

  Morgan, Bethan J ^a,c   Wild, Chris ^a   Ekobo, Atanga ^b  

^a ZOOLOGICAL SOCIETY OF SAN DIEGO   (United States)

^b WWF Cameroon   (Cameroon)

^c CRES   (Cameroon)

Author keywords

Cameroon; Ebo Forest; Gorilla gorilla diehli; Gorilla gorilla gorilla; Zoogeography

Indexed keywords

NEW RECORD; PRIMATE; SUBSPECIES; TAXONOMY; ZOOGEOGRAPHY;

AFRICA; CAMEROON; EBO FOREST; LITTORAL; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA; WEST AFRICA;

GORILLA GORILLA; GORILLA GORILLA GORILLA; PRIMATES; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 0344585062     PISSN: 01640291     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1026288531361     Document Type: Article

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