A unimodal curve for primate group size along a gradient of population density

Population Ecology

Volumn 48, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 199-202

  Horiuchi, Shiro ^a  

^a TOHOKU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Between group competition; Group size; Primates; Within group competition

Indexed keywords

GRAPHICAL METHOD; GROUP SIZE; INTRASPECIFIC COMPETITION; NUMERICAL MODEL; POPULATION DENSITY; PRIMATE;

PRIMATES;

EID: 33745699086     PISSN: 14383896     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10144-006-0261-4     Document Type: Article

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