Yaws disease in a wild gorilla population and its impact on the reproductive status of males

American Journal of Physical Anthropology

Volumn 132, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 568-575

  Levréro, Florence ^a,c   Gatti, Sylvain ^a   Gautier Hion, Annie ^b   Ménard, Nelly ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE RENNES 1   (France)

^b Le Bout de Haut   (France)

^c Station Biologique   (France)

Author keywords

Epidemiology; Gorillas; Mate choice

Indexed keywords

AGE; ARTICLE; BREEDING; CONGO; DATA ANALYSIS; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; FEMALE; GORILLA; MALE; NONHUMAN; POPULATION DYNAMICS; POPULATION STRUCTURE; PREVALENCE; REPRODUCTION; SEX; SOCIAL STATUS; TREPONEMA; YAWS;

EID: 33947521095     PISSN: 00029483     EISSN: 10968644     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ajpa.20560     Document Type: Article

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