Primate abundance along five transect lines at Ngogo, Kibale National Park, Uganda

American Journal of Primatology

Volumn 69, Issue 9, 2007, Pages 1030-1044

  Teelen, Simone ^a  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Abundance; Blue monkeys; Chimpanzee hunting; Density; Kibale National Park; Red colobus monkeys

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FEEDING GROUND; HUNTING; POPULATION DECLINE; POPULATION DENSITY; PRIMATE;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; ECOSYSTEM; PHYSIOLOGY; POPULATION DENSITY; PRIMATE; TREE; UGANDA;

ANIMALS; ECOSYSTEM; POPULATION DENSITY; PRIMATES; TREES; UGANDA;

AFRICA; EAST AFRICA; KIBALE NATIONAL PARK; NGOGO; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA; UGANDA; WESTERN PROVINCE [UGANDA];

CERCOCEBUS; CERCOPITHECUS; CERCOPITHECUS ASCANIUS; CERCOPITHECUS MITIS; COLOBINAE; COLOBUS; COLOBUS GUEREZA; COLOBUS SP.; LOPHOCEBUS ALBIGENA; PAN; PAN TROGLODYTES; PAPIO; PAPIO ANUBIS; PRIMATES; PROCOLOBUS BADIUS; PROCOLOBUS RUFOMITRATUS;

EID: 34547757090     PISSN: 02752565     EISSN: 10982345     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ajp.20417     Document Type: Article

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