Noninvasive monitoring of the health of Pan troglodytes schweinfurthii in the Kibale National Park, Uganda

International Journal of Primatology

Volumn 26, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 467-490

  Krief, Sabrina ^a,g   Huffman, Michael A ^b   Sévenet, Thierry ^c   Guillot, Jacques ^d   Bories, Christian ^e   Hladik, Claude Marcel ^a   Wrangham, Richard W ^f  

^a MUSÉUM NATIONAL D'HISTOIRE NATURELLE   (France)

^b KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c CNRS   (France)

^d ECOLE NATIONALE VÉTÉRINAIRE D ALFORT   (France)

^e UNIVERSITÉ PARIS SUD   (France)

^f Peabody Essex Museum   (United States)

^g Université Diderot Paris 7   (France)

Author keywords

Health monitoring; Intestinal parasites; Pan troglodytes; Uganda; Urine analysis

Indexed keywords

HEALTH MONITORING;

AFRICA; EAST AFRICA; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; KIBALE NATIONAL PARK; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA; UGANDA; WORLD;

PAN (APE); PAN TROGLODYTES; PAN TROGLODYTES SCHWEINFURTHII; TROGLODYTES;

EID: 17444374679     PISSN: 01640291     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10764-005-2934-9     Document Type: Article

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