Chimpanzees as fauna: Comparisons of sympatric large mammals across long-term study sites

American Journal of Primatology

Volumn 70, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 402-409

  Russak, Samantha M ^a,b   McGrew, W C ^a,c  

^a MIAMI UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Biogeography; Chimpanzee ecology; Faunal assemblage; Pan troglodytes

Indexed keywords

BIOGEOGRAPHY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ECOLOGY; HOMINID; MAMMAL; PRIMATE; RAINFALL; RAINFOREST; SPECIES DIVERSITY; SYMPATRY; UNGULATE;

AFRICA; ASSIRIK; BOSSOU; BUDONGO FOREST; CENTRAL AFRICA; COTE D'IVOIRE; EAST AFRICA; GABON; GOMBE; GUINEA; KIBALE FOREST; KIGOMA [TANZANIA]; LOPE NATIONAL PARK; MAHALE MOUNTAINS NATIONAL PARK; NIGERIA; OGOOUE IVINDO; SENEGAL; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA; TAI FOREST; TAMBACOUNDA; TANZANIA; UGANDA; WEST AFRICA; WESTERN PROVINCE [UGANDA];

ALCELAPHUS; CANIDAE; ERYTHROCEBUS; FELIDAE; HIPPOTRAGUS; MAMMALIA; OUREBIA; PAN; PAN TROGLODYTES; PANTHERA; PANTHERA PARDUS; POTAMOCHOERUS; POTAMOCHOERUS LARVATUS; SUIDAE; SYNCERUS;

RAIN;

AFRICA; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ECOSYSTEM; GEOGRAPHY; MAMMAL; PAN TROGLODYTES; PHYSIOLOGY; SPECIES DIFFERENCE;

AFRICA; ANIMALS; ECOSYSTEM; GEOGRAPHY; MAMMALS; PAN TROGLODYTES; RAIN; SPECIES SPECIFICITY;

EID: 44449109238     PISSN: 02752565     EISSN: 10982345     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ajp.20506     Document Type: Article

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