Monitoring population decline: Can transect surveys detect the impact of the Ebola virus on apes?

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Volumn 42, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 367-374

  Devos, Céline ^a,d   Walsh, Peter D ^b   Arnhem, Eric ^c,e   Huynen, Marie Claude ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LIÈGE   (Belgium)

^b MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR EVOLUTIONARY ANTHROPOLOGY   (Germany)

^c FREE UNIVERSITY OF BRUSSELS   (Belgium)

^d ROYAL BELGIAN INSTITUTE OF NATURAL SCIENCES   (Belgium)

^e CENTRE FOR RESEARCH AND CONSERVATION   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Ebola virus; Gorilla gorilla; Marked nest count; Pan troglodytes; Population survey; Republic of Congo; Standing stock survey

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; DEMOGRAPHIC SURVEY; HOMINID; MONITORING; POPULATION DECLINE; SYMPATRY; VIRUS; WILDLIFE MANAGEMENT;

AFRICA; CENTRAL AFRICA; CONGO; ODZALA NATIONAL PARK; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA;

ANIMALIA; EBOLA VIRUS; GORILLA GORILLA; GORILLA GORILLA GORILLA; MAMMALIA; PAN; PAN TROGLODYTES;

EID: 47049091954     PISSN: 00306053     EISSN: 13653008     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0030605308000161     Document Type: Article

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