Social structure and life-history patterns in western gorillas (Gorilla gorilla gorilla)

American Journal of Primatology

Volumn 64, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 145-159

  Robbins, Martha M ^a   Bermejo, Magdelena ^b   Cipolletta, Chloé ^c   Magliocca, Florence ^d   Parnell, Richard J ^e,f   Stokes, Emma ^e  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR EVOLUTIONARY ANTHROPOLOGY   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

^c World Wide Fund for Nature ^*  (Central African Republic)

^d CNRS   (France)

^e WILDLIFE CONSERVATION SOCIETY   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF STIRLING   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Gorilla; Life history patterns; Social structure; Western gorilla

Indexed keywords

ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS; LIFE HISTORY TRAIT; PRIMATE; SOCIAL STRUCTURE;

AFRICA; AGE; ANIMAL; BIRTH RATE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONFERENCE PAPER; DEMOGRAPHY; ECOLOGY; GEOGRAPHY; GORILLA; OBSERVATION; PHYSIOLOGY; POPULATION DYNAMICS; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SPECIES DIFFERENCE;

AFRICA, CENTRAL; AGE FACTORS; ANIMALS; BIRTH RATE; DEMOGRAPHY; ECOLOGY; GEOGRAPHY; GORILLA GORILLA; OBSERVATION; POPULATION DYNAMICS; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SPECIES SPECIFICITY;

AFRICA; CENTRAL AFRICA; CENTRAL AFRICAN REPUBLIC; CONGO; DZANGA-NDOKI NATIONAL PARK; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; NOUABALE-NDOKI NATIONAL PARK; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA; WORLD;

FELIDAE; GORILLA GORILLA; GORILLA GORILLA BERINGEI; GORILLA GORILLA GORILLA; PRIMATES;

EID: 5544254246     PISSN: 02752565     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ajp.20069     Document Type: Conference Paper

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