Troop Size and Human-Modified Habitat Affect the Ranging Patterns of a Chacma Baboon Population in the Cape Peninsula, South Africa

American Journal of Primatology

Volumn 74, Issue 9, 2012, Pages 853-863

  Hoffman, Tali S ^a   O'Riain, M Justin ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Chacma baboon; Human modified habitat; Intrapopulation variation; Primate ranging patterns; Troop size

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; ECOLOGICAL MODELING; GROUP SIZE; HABITAT TYPE; HABITAT USE; INTRAPOPULATION VARIATION; MONITORING; POPULATION STRUCTURE; PRIMATE; RANGE SIZE; SPATIAL ANALYSIS;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ARTICLE; ECOSYSTEM; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEM; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; MALE; NONPARAMETRIC TEST; PAPIO URSINUS; POPULATION DENSITY; SOUTH AFRICA; STATISTICAL MODEL;

ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; ECOSYSTEM; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEMS; HOMING BEHAVIOR; LINEAR MODELS; MALE; PAPIO URSINUS; POPULATION DENSITY; SOUTH AFRICA; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC;

CAPE PENINSULA; SOUTH AFRICA; WESTERN CAPE;

PAPIO; PAPIO URSINUS; PRIMATES;

EID: 84864020766     PISSN: 02752565     EISSN: 10982345     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ajp.22040     Document Type: Article

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