Home-range use by a large horde of wild mandrillus sphinx

International Journal of Primatology

Volumn 31, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 627-645

  White, Elizabeth C ^a,b   Dikangadissi, Jean Thoussaint ^b   Dimoto, Edmond ^b   Karesh, William B ^c   Kock, Michael D ^c   Abiaga, Nathacha Ona ^b,d   Starkey, Ruth ^c   Ukizintambara, Tharcisse ^e   White, Lee J T ^f   Abernethy, Katharine A ^b,f  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EXETER   (United Kingdom)

^b CENTRE INTERNATIONAL DE RECHERCHES MÉDICALES DE FRANCEVILLE   (Gabon)

^c WILDLIFE CONSERVATION SOCIETY   (United States)

^d Direction de la Faune et Chasse   (Gabon)

^e Antioch Univ's New England Grad S   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF STIRLING   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Gabon; Group mass; Home range; Mandrill; Mandrillus sphinx

Indexed keywords

FOREST ECOSYSTEM; FRUGIVORY; GROUP BEHAVIOR; HABITAT CORRIDOR; NATIONAL PARK; PATCHINESS; PRIMATE; RADIOTELEMETRY; RANGE SIZE; SPACE USE; SPECIES CONSERVATION; WILD POPULATION;

GABON; LOPE NATIONAL PARK; OGOOUE IVINDO;

MANDRILLUS; MANDRILLUS SPHINX; PRIMATES;

EID: 77954033736     PISSN: 01640291     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10764-010-9417-3     Document Type: Article

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