Survival, interactions with conspecifics and reproduction in 37 chimpanzees released into the wild

Biological Conservation

Volumn 123, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 461-475

  Goossens, B ^a,b   Setchell, J M ^c   Tchidongo, E ^b   Dilambaka, E ^b   Vidal, C ^b   Ancrenaz, M ^d   Jamart, A ^b  

^a CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b Habitat Ecol Liberte Primates Congo   (Congo)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^d Kinabatangan Orangutan Conserv P   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

Pan troglodytes troglodytes; Post release monitoring; Social integration; Survival; Translocation

Indexed keywords

CAPTIVE BREEDING; PRIMATE; SURVIVAL; TRANSLOCATION; WILDLIFE MANAGEMENT;

AFRICA; CENTRAL AFRICA; CONGO; CONKOUATI DOULI NATIONAL PARK; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA; WORLD;

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

EID: 14644440866     PISSN: 00063207     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biocon.2005.01.008     Document Type: Article

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