Demographic and female life history parameters of free-ranging chimpanzees at the Chimpanzee Rehabilitation Project, River Gambia National Park

International Journal of Primatology

Volumn 27, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 391-410

  Marsden, Stella Brewer ^a   Marsden, David ^a   Thompson, Melissa Emery ^b  

^a Chimpanzee Rehabilitation Trust   (Gambia)

^b HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Chimpanzees; Interbirth interval; Life history; Mortality; Rehabilitation

Indexed keywords

BIRTH RATE; CONSERVATION; DEMOGRAPHIC HISTORY; FERTILITY; JUVENILE; LIFE HISTORY; MORTALITY; NATIONAL PARK; PRIMATE;

AFRICA; GAMBIA; RIVER GAMBIA NATIONAL PARK; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA; WEST AFRICA;

PAN; PAN TROGLODYTES;

EID: 33745088938     PISSN: 01640291     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10764-006-9029-0     Document Type: Article

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