A direct comparison of scan and focal sampling methods for measuring wild chimpanzee feeding behaviour

Folia Primatologica

Volumn 81, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 254-264

  Gilby, Ian C ^a   Pokempner, Amy A ^b   Wrangham, Richard W ^a  

^a HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b WILDLIFE CONSERVATION SOCIETY   (United States)

Author keywords

Activity budget; Diet; Field methods; Focal sampling; Frugivory; Pan troglodytes; Scan sampling

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FOOD PREFERENCE; MALE; METHODOLOGY; PAN TROGLODYTES; PHYSIOLOGY; RESEARCH; TIME; WILD ANIMAL;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, WILD; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FOOD PREFERENCES; MALE; PAN TROGLODYTES; RESEARCH; TIME FACTORS;

ANIMALIA; PAN; PAN TROGLODYTES; PAN TROGLODYTES SCHWEINFURTHII; PRIMATES;

EID: 78650651231     PISSN: 00155713     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000322354     Document Type: Article

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