Simulation of the population dynamics and social structure of the Virunga Mountain gorillas

American Journal of Primatology

Volumn 63, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 201-223

  Robbins, Martha M ^a   Robbins, Andrew M ^a  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR EVOLUTIONARY ANTHROPOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Agent based model; Census; Dispersal; Gorilla beringei beringei; Mountain gorillas; Social structure

Indexed keywords

AGE STRUCTURE; CENSUS; ENDANGERED SPECIES; POPULATION DYNAMICS; POPULATION MODELING; PRIMATE; SOCIAL STRUCTURE;

AGE; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC CONGO; DEMOGRAPHY; FAMILY PLANNING; FEMALE; GORILLA; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; MALE; MORTALITY; PHYSIOLOGY; POPULATION DYNAMICS; SEX RATIO; SOCIAL DOMINANCE; UGANDA;

AGE FACTORS; ANIMALS; BIRTH INTERVALS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF THE CONGO; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; GORILLA GORILLA; HIERARCHY, SOCIAL; MALE; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MORTALITY; POPULATION DYNAMICS; SEX RATIO; UGANDA;

GORILLA GORILLA BERINGEI;

EID: 4544310189     PISSN: 02752565     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ajp.20052     Document Type: Article

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