Counting elusive animals: Comparing field and genetic census of the entire mountain gorilla population of Bwindi Impenetrable National Park, Uganda

Biological Conservation

Volumn 142, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 290-300

  Guschanski, Katerina ^a   Vigilant, Linda ^a   McNeilage, Alastair ^b,c   Gray, Maryke ^d   Kagoda, Edwin ^e   Robbins, Martha M ^a  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR EVOLUTIONARY ANTHROPOLOGY   (Germany)

^b Institute for Tropical Forest Conservation   (Uganda)

^c WILDLIFE CONSERVATION SOCIETY   (United States)

^d The International Gorilla Conservation Program   (Kenya)

^e UGANDA WILDLIFE AUTHORITY   (Uganda)

Author keywords

Fecal samples; Gorilla beringei beringei; Microsatellite genotyping; Molecular census; Nest counts; Population survey

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DEMOGRAPHIC SURVEY; ENDANGERED SPECIES; NATIONAL PARK; POPULATION ESTIMATION; POPULATION GROWTH; PRIMATE;

AFRICA; BWINDI IMPENETRABLE NATIONAL PARK; EAST AFRICA; SOUTHERN PROVINCE [UGANDA]; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA; UGANDA;

ANIMALIA; GORILLA GORILLA BERINGEI;

EID: 58149234899     PISSN: 00063207     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biocon.2008.10.024     Document Type: Article

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