Apes in a changing world - the effects of global warming on the behaviour and distribution of African apes

Journal of Biogeography

Volumn 37, Issue 12, 2010, Pages 2217-2231

  Lehmann, Julia ^a,b   Korstjens, Amanda H ^a,c   Dunbar, Robin I M ^a,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ROEHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

^c BOURNEMOUTH UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Africa; Apes; Behavioural flexibility; Biogeography; Climate change; Global warming; Gorilla; Habitat loss; Pan; Time budget model

Indexed keywords

BEHAVIORAL RESPONSE; BODY MASS; ECOLOGICAL MODELING; ENDANGERED SPECIES; GLOBAL WARMING; GROUP SIZE; HABITAT LOSS; HOMINID; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; SPECIES CONSERVATION; SURVIVAL; TEMPERATURE GRADIENT; ZOOGEOGRAPHY;

AFRICA;

GORILLA BERINGEI; GORILLA GORILLA; PAN; PAN PANISCUS; PAN TROGLODYTES;

EID: 78649521021     PISSN: 03050270     EISSN: 13652699     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2699.2010.02373.x     Document Type: Article

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