Great apes in the Lake Tumba landscape, Democratic Republic of Congo: Newly described populations

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Volumn 41, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 532-538

  Inogwabini, Bila Isia ^a,b   Matungila, Bewa ^a   Mbende, Longwango ^a   Abokome, Mbenzo ^a   Tshimanga, Tshimanga Wa ^a  

^a WWF DRC Program   (Congo)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KENT   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Bonobo; Chimpanzee; Democratic Republic of Congo; Pan paniscus; Pan troglodytes; Population

Indexed keywords

POPULATION ESTIMATION; PRIMATE; RELATIVE ABUNDANCE; SAVANNA;

AFRICA; CENTRAL AFRICA; DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC CONGO; EQUATEUR; LAKE TUMBA; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA;

CITRULLUS COLOCYNTHIS; HOMINIDAE; PAN; PAN PANISCUS; PAN TROGLODYTES;

EID: 36749046341     PISSN: 00306053     EISSN: 13653008     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0030605307414120     Document Type: Article

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