Sympatric Chimpanzees (Pan troglodytes troglodytes) and Gorillas (Gorilla gorilla gorilla) in Loango National Park, Gabon: Dietary Composition, Seasonality, and Intersite Comparisons

International Journal of Primatology

Volumn 32, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 755-775

  Head, Josephine S ^a   Boesch, Christophe ^a   Makaga, Loïc ^a,b   Robbins, Martha M ^a  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR EVOLUTIONARY ANTHROPOLOGY   (Germany)

^b Société pour la Conservation et le Développement SCD   (Gabon)

Author keywords

Chimpanzee; Dietary overlap; Feeding ecology; Forest composition; Gorilla; Seasonality

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; ADAPTATION; COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; COMMUNITY ECOLOGY; DIETARY OVERLAP; FECES; FEEDING ECOLOGY; FOOD AVAILABILITY; FOOD CONSUMPTION; FRUGIVORY; FRUIT; HERB; LEAF; NATIONAL PARK; POPULATION DISTRIBUTION; PRIMATE; SEASONALITY; SYMPATRY;

GABON; LOANGO NATIONAL PARK; OGOOUE MARITIME;

GORILLA GORILLA GORILLA; PAN; PAN TROGLODYTES; PAN TROGLODYTES TROGLODYTES;

EID: 79955533407     PISSN: 01640291     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10764-011-9499-6     Document Type: Article

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