Sleeping Parties and nest distribution of chimpanzees in the Savanna woodland, Ugalla, Tanzania

International Journal of Primatology

Volumn 28, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 1397-1412

  Ogawa, Hideshi ^a   Idani, Gen'ich ^b   Moore, Jim ^c   Pintea, Lilian ^d   Hernandez Aguilar, Adriana ^e  

^a CHUKYO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b Great Ape Research Institute   (Japan)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d The Jane Goodall Institute   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Chimpanzee; Nest distribution; Party size; Savanna woodland; Ugalla area

Indexed keywords

DECIDUOUS TREE; ECOLOGICAL APPROACH; GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION; MOUNTAIN ENVIRONMENT; NESTING BEHAVIOR; PRIMATE; SAVANNA; TROPICAL REGION;

AFRICA; EAST AFRICA; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA; TANZANIA; UGALLA RIVER;

BRACHYSTEGIA; FELIDAE; JULBERNARDIA; MONOPETALANTHUS; PAN; PAN TROGLODYTES;

EID: 37449006575     PISSN: 01640291     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10764-007-9210-0     Document Type: Article

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