Evaluating the steady state assumption: Simulations of gorilla nest decay

Ecological Applications

Volumn 15, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 1342-1350

  Walsh, Peter D ^a,b,c   White, Lee J T ^b  

^a PRINCETON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b WILDLIFE CONSERVATION SOCIETY   (United States)

^c MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR EVOLUTIONARY ANTHROPOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Chimpanzee; Gabon, Africa; Gorilla; Gorilla gorilla; Nest decay; Rainfall heterogeneity; Republic of Congo, Africa; Survey methods

Indexed keywords

METHODOLOGY; NEST; POPULATION ESTIMATION; PRIMATE; RAINFALL;

AFRICA; CENTRAL AFRICA; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; GABON; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA; WORLD;

ANIMALIA; GORILLA GORILLA; MAMMALIA; PAN TROGLODYTES;

EID: 23044479776     PISSN: 10510761     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/03-5283     Document Type: Article

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