Assessing Initial Reintroduction Success in Long-Lived Primates by Quantifying Survival, Reproduction, and Dispersal Parameters: Western Lowland Gorillas (Gorilla gorilla gorilla) in Congo and Gabon

International Journal of Primatology

Volumn 33, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 134-149

  King, Tony ^a   Chamberlan, Christelle ^a   Courage, Amos ^a  

^a Aspinall Foundation   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Bat k Plateau; Demography; Great apes; Postrelease monitoring

Indexed keywords

BIRTH RATE; DISPERSAL; ENDANGERED SPECIES; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; PARAMETERIZATION; POPULATION ESTIMATION; POPULATION MODELING; PRIMATE; PROBABILITY; REINTRODUCTION; REPRODUCTIVE PRODUCTIVITY; RESTORATION ECOLOGY; SURVIVAL; WILD POPULATION;

BATEKE PLATEAUX; CONGO; GABON;

GORILLA GORILLA GORILLA; HOMINIDAE; PRIMATES;

EID: 84857138783     PISSN: 01640291     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10764-011-9563-2     Document Type: Article

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