Census of the mountain gorilla Gorilla beringei beringei population in Bwindi Impenetrable National Park, Uganda

ORYX

Volumn 40, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 419-427

  McNeilage, Alastair ^a,f   Robbins, Martha M ^b   Gray, Maryke ^c   Olupot, William ^a,f   Babaasa, Dennis ^a   Bitariho, Robert ^a   Kasangaki, Aventino ^a   Rainer, Helga ^c   Asuma, Steven ^c   Mugiri, Ghad ^d   Baker, Julia ^e  

^a MBARARA UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Uganda)

^b MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR EVOLUTIONARY ANTHROPOLOGY   (Germany)

^c International Gorilla Conservation Programme   (Uganda)

^d UGANDA WILDLIFE AUTHORITY   (Uganda)

^e UNIVERSITY OF KENT   (United Kingdom)

^f WILDLIFE CONSERVATION SOCIETY   (United States)

Author keywords

Bwindi Impenetrable National Park; Gorilla beringei beringei; Human disturbance; Mountain gorilla; Population census; Uganda

Indexed keywords

CENSUS; CONSERVATION; DISTURBANCE; ENDANGERED SPECIES; ENVIRONMENTAL DISTURBANCE; HABITAT AVAILABILITY; HUMAN ACTIVITY; NATIONAL PARK; POPULATION DISTRIBUTION; POPULATION GROWTH; POPULATION SIZE; PRIMATE;

AFRICA; BWINDI IMPENETRABLE NATIONAL PARK; CENTRAL AFRICA; EAST AFRICA; RWANDA; SOUTHERN PROVINCE [UGANDA]; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA; UGANDA; VIRUNGA MOUNTAINS;

GORILLA GORILLA BERINGEI;

EID: 33846112527     PISSN: 00306053     EISSN: 13653008     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0030605306001311     Document Type: Article

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