The Influence of Transect Use by Local People and Reuse of Transects for Repeated Surveys on Nesting in Western Lowland Gorillas (Gorilla gorilla gorilla) and Central Chimpanzees (Pan troglodytes troglodytes) in Southeast Cameroon

International Journal of Primatology

Volumn 34, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 554-570

  Tagg, Nikki ^a   Willie, Jacob ^a,b  

^a CENTRE FOR RESEARCH AND CONSERVATION   (Belgium)

^b GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Central chimpanzee; Established transects; Marked nest count surveys; Nesting; Transect reuse; Western lowland gorilla

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL SURVEY; CONNECTIVITY; CONSERVATION MANAGEMENT; ENDANGERED SPECIES; HABITAT TYPE; HUMAN ACTIVITY; HUNTING; NESTING; POPULATION DENSITY; PRIMATE; RECYCLING; SPECIES CONSERVATION; TRANSECT;

CAMEROON;

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

EID: 84878195638     PISSN: 01640291     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10764-013-9681-0     Document Type: Article

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