Survey of Raphia swamp forest, Republic of Congo, indicates high densities of Critically Endangered western lowland gorillas Gorilla gorilla gorilla

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Volumn 44, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 124-132

  Rainey, Hugo J ^a   Iyenguet, Fortuné C ^b   Malanda, Guy Aimé F ^b   Madzoké, Bola ^b   Santos, Domingos Dos ^c   Stokes, Emma J ^a   Maisels, Fiona ^a,d   Strindberg, Samantha ^a  

^a WILDLIFE CONSERVATION SOCIETY   (United States)

^b WILDLIFE CONSERVATION SOCIETY   (Congo)

^c Ministère de l'Economie Forestière   (Congo)

^d UNIVERSITY OF STIRLING   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Chimpanzee; Congo; Distance sampling; Gorilla gorilla; Lac T l Community Reserve; Monocotyledons; Pan troglodytes; Raphia; Swamp forest

Indexed keywords

ENDANGERED SPECIES; HABITAT CONSERVATION; HOMINID; MONOCOTYLEDON; POPULATION DENSITY; SAMPLING; SWAMP FOREST;

CONGO; LAC TELE COMMUNITY RESERVE;

GORILLA GORILLA; GORILLA GORILLA GORILLA; LILIOPSIDA; PAN; PAN TROGLODYTES;

EID: 77952553382     PISSN: 00306053     EISSN: 13653008     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S003060530999010X     Document Type: Article

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