Ecological features and ranging patterns at a chimpanzee release site on Rubondo Island, Tanzania

Biological Conservation

Volumn 143, Issue 11, 2010, Pages 2711-2721

  Moscovice, Liza R ^a   Mbago, Frank ^b   Snowdon, Charles T ^a   Huffman, Michael A ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF DAR ES SALAAM   (Tanzania)

^c KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Chimpanzee; Home range; Introduction; Pan troglodytes; Plant composition; Release site; Rubondo Island

Indexed keywords

BEHAVIORAL ECOLOGY; CAPTIVITY; FORAGING BEHAVIOR; HABITAT STRUCTURE; HOME RANGE; POPULATION DENSITY; PRIMATE;

EAST AFRICAN LAKES; LAKE VICTORIA; MWANZA [TANZANIA]; RUBONDO ISLAND; TANZANIA;

PAN; PAN TROGLODYTES;

EID: 77956873898     PISSN: 00063207     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biocon.2010.07.018     Document Type: Article

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