Comparative Feeding Ecology of Two Communities of Chimpanzees (Pan troglodytes) in Kibale National Park, Uganda

International Journal of Primatology

Volumn 32, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 669-690

  Potts, Kevin B ^a,b   Watts, David P ^a   Wrangham, Richard W ^c  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b AUGSBURG COLLEGE   (United States)

^c HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Chimpanzee; Feeding ecology; Foraging efficiency; Population density

Indexed keywords

COMPARATIVE STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; FEEDING ECOLOGY; FORAGING EFFICIENCY; FRUIT; HETEROGENEITY; INTERSPECIFIC VARIATION; INTRASPECIFIC VARIATION; NATIONAL PARK; PATCH SIZE; PLANT COMMUNITY; POPULATION DENSITY; PRIMATE; RESIDENCE TIME;

KIBALE NATIONAL PARK; NGOGO; UGANDA; WESTERN PROVINCE [UGANDA];

PAN; PAN TROGLODYTES; PRIMATES;

EID: 79955538756     PISSN: 01640291     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10764-011-9494-y     Document Type: Article

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