Fitness consequences of dispersal decisions for male mountain gorillas (Gorilla beringei beringei)

Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology

Volumn 58, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 295-309

  Robbins, Andrew M ^a   Robbins, Martha M ^a  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR EVOLUTIONARY ANTHROPOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Agent based model; Dispersal; Lifetime reproductive success; Mountain gorillas; Reproductive skew

Indexed keywords

BIRTH RATE; DISPERSAL; FITNESS; MALE BEHAVIOR; MORTALITY; POPULATION DYNAMICS; PRIMATE;

GORILLA BERINGEI; GORILLA GORILLA BERINGEI;

EID: 21344455731     PISSN: 03405443     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00265-005-0917-7     Document Type: Article

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