High chimpanzee and gorilla densities in a non-protected area on the northern periphery of the Dja Faunal Reserve, Cameroon

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Volumn 38, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 209-216

  Dupain, J ^a,e,f   Guislain, P ^b   Nguenang, G M ^c,g   De Vleeschouwer, K ^a,d,h   Van Elsacker, L ^a,d,g  

^a CENTRE FOR RESEARCH AND CONSERVATION   (Belgium)

^b Université de Yaoundé 1 ^*  (Belgium)

^c UNIVERSITY OF YAOUNDÉ I   (Cameroon)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ANTWERP   (Belgium)

^e Royal Zoological Society of Antwerp (RZSA)   (Democratic Republic Congo)

^f AFRICAN WILDLIFE FOUNDATION   (Kenya)

^g Projet Forêt Communautaire ^*

^h Una Biological Reserve   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Cameroon; Chimpanzee; Dja Faunal Reserve; Gorilla gorilla gorilla; Nesting behaviour; Non protected area; Pan troglodytes troglodytes

Indexed keywords

COMMUNITY RESOURCE MANAGEMENT; CONSERVATION MANAGEMENT; HABITAT USE; NESTING BEHAVIOR; POPULATION ESTIMATION; PRIMATE;

AFRICA; CAMEROON; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA; WEST AFRICA;

GORILLA GORILLA GORILLA; PAN; PAN TROGLODYTES; PAN TROGLODYTES TROGLODYTES;

EID: 31344459014     PISSN: 00306053     EISSN: 13653008     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0030605304000365     Document Type: Article

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