Modelling ranging behaviour of female orang-utans: A case study in Tuanan, Central Kalimantan, Indonesia

Primates

Volumn 51, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 119-130

  Wartmann, Flurina M ^a   Purves, Ross S ^a   van Schaik, Carel P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Daily path length; Home range; Kernel estimation; Orang utan; Pongo pygmaeus wurmbii

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ARTICLE; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; INDONESIA; MOTOR ACTIVITY; ORANG UTAN; PHYSIOLOGY; REPRODUCTION; SEASON;

ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HOMING BEHAVIOR; INDONESIA; MOTOR ACTIVITY; PONGO; REPRODUCTION; SEASONS;

EID: 77955085121     PISSN: 00328332     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10329-009-0186-6     Document Type: Article

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