The disregarded west: Diet and behavioural ecology of olive baboons in the Ivory Coast

Folia Primatologica

Volumn 79, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 31-51

  Kunz, Britta K ^a   Linsenmair, K Eduard ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WÜRZBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Diet; Group size; Habitat selection; Home range; One male groups; Papio anubis; Population density; Time budget; West Africa

Indexed keywords

PAPIO; PAPIO ANUBIS;

EID: 37149041899     PISSN: 00155713     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000108384     Document Type: Article

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