Intergroup encounters in mountain gorillas of Bwindi Impenetrable National Park, Uganda

Behaviour

Volumn 144, Issue 12, 2007, Pages 1497-1519

  Robbins, Martha M ^a   Sawyer, Sarah C ^a  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR EVOLUTIONARY ANTHROPOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Herding; Intergroup encounter; Mate competition; Mountain gorilla

Indexed keywords

GORILLA GORILLA BERINGEI;

EID: 36049046076     PISSN: 00057959     EISSN: 1568539X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1163/156853907782512146     Document Type: Conference Paper

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