Time management in great apes: Implications for gorilla biogeography

Evolutionary Ecology Research

Volumn 10, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 517-536

  Lehmann, Julia ^a,b   Korstjens, Amanda H ^a,c   Dunbar, R I M ^a,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ROEHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

^c BOURNEMOUTH UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Activity budget; Biogeography; Gorilla; Group size; Time budget model

Indexed keywords

HOMINIDAE;

EID: 47549084317     PISSN: 15220613     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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