Behavioral responses of one western lowland gorilla (Gorilla gorilla gorilla) group at Bai Hokou, Central African Republic, to tourists, researchers and trackers

American Journal of Primatology

Volumn 72, Issue 10, 2010, Pages 897-906

  Klailova, Michelle ^a   Hodgkinson, Chloe ^b   Lee, Phyllis C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF STIRLING   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Activity budgets; Aggression; Distance limits; Tourism impacts; Western lowland gorilla

Indexed keywords

AGGRESSION; ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; BEHAVIORAL RESPONSE; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; HOMINID; IMMUNE RESPONSE; SUBSPECIES; TOURIST ATTRACTION;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ARTICLE; CENTRAL AFRICAN REPUBLIC; FEMALE; GORILLA; HUMAN; MALE; RURAL POPULATION; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; STATISTICAL MODEL; TRAVEL; VIDEORECORDING;

ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; CENTRAL AFRICAN REPUBLIC; FEMALE; GORILLA GORILLA; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; RURAL POPULATION; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; TRAVEL; VIDEO RECORDING;

BAI HOKOU; CENTRAL AFRICAN REPUBLIC;

GORILLA GORILLA GORILLA; LUINA;

EID: 77957054973     PISSN: 02752565     EISSN: 10982345     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ajp.20829     Document Type: Article

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