Nest groups of wild bonobos at Wamba: Selection of vegetation and tree species and relationships between nest group size and party size

American Journal of Primatology

Volumn 72, Issue 7, 2010, Pages 575-586

  Mulavwa, Mbangi N ^a   Yangozene, Kumugo ^a   Yamba Yamba, Mikwaya ^a   Motema Salo, Balemba ^a   Mwanza, Ndunda N ^a   Furuichi, Takeshi ^b  

^a Research Center for Ecology and Forestry   (Democratic Republic Congo)

^b KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Bonobo; Habitat use; Nest group; Pan paniscus; Party size

Indexed keywords

DIURNAL ACTIVITY; FRUIT; GROUP SIZE; HABITAT USE; HOMINID; NESTING BEHAVIOR; RAINFALL; SEASONALITY; SLEEP; SOCIAL ORGANIZATION; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; SWAMP FOREST; WILD POPULATION;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CLASSIFICATION; CLIMATE; DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC CONGO; ECOSYSTEM; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FRUIT; NESTING; PAN PANISCUS; PHYSIOLOGY; PLANT PHYSIOLOGY; POPULATION DENSITY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SLEEP; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; TREE; WILD ANIMAL;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, WILD; CLIMATE; DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF THE CONGO; ECOSYSTEM; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FRUIT; NESTING BEHAVIOR; PAN PANISCUS; PLANT PHYSIOLOGICAL PHENOMENA; POPULATION DENSITY; SLEEP; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; TREES;

DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC CONGO; ORIENTALE; WAMBA [ORIENTALE];

PAN PANISCUS;

EID: 77953344425     PISSN: 02752565     EISSN: 10982345     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ajp.20810     Document Type: Article

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