Are the gorillas in bwindi impenetrable national park "true" mountain gorillas?

American Journal of Physical Anthropology

Volumn 141, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 561-570

  Elgart, Alison A ^a  

^a FLORIDA GULF COAST UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Craniodental morphology; Gorilla beringei beringei; Uganda

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CRANIOFACIAL MORPHOLOGY; ECOLOGY; GORILLA; JAW; MANDIBLE; MANDIBLE CONDYLE; NONHUMAN; RWANDA; TAXONOMY; TOOTH; UGANDA; ANATOMY AND HISTOLOGY; ANIMAL; CEPHALOMETRY; CLASSIFICATION; CONGO; FEMALE; MALE; SPECIES DIFFERENCE;

ANIMALS; CEPHALOMETRY; CONGO; FEMALE; GORILLA GORILLA; MALE; RWANDA; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; UGANDA;

CRANIA; GORILLA GORILLA BERINGEI; GORILLA GORILLA GRAUERI;

EID: 77950797989     PISSN: 00029483     EISSN: 10968644     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ajpa.21172     Document Type: Article

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