Variability in the developmental life history of the genus Gorilla

American Journal of Physical Anthropology

Volumn 152, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 165-172

  Stoinski, Tara S ^a   Perdue, Bonnie ^a   Breuer, Thomas ^b   Hoff, Michael P ^c  

^a ZOO ATLANTA   (United States)

^b WILDLIFE CONSERVATION SOCIETY   (Congo)

^c DALTON STATE COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

ecological risk; folivores; great apes; interbirth interval; weaning

Indexed keywords

BUFFER;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; ASSERTIVENESS; FEMALE; GENUS; GORILLA; LIFE HISTORY; MALE; NEWBORN; NONHUMAN; STARVATION; WEANING; WILD ANIMAL;

ECOLOGICAL RISK; FOLIVORES; GREAT APES; INTERBIRTH INTERVAL; WEANING;

ANIMALS; ANTHROPOLOGY, PHYSICAL; ECOLOGY; FEMALE; GORILLA GORILLA; HERBIVORY; MALE; PREGNANCY; REPRODUCTION; WEANING;

EID: 84884901959     PISSN: 00029483     EISSN: 10968644     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ajpa.22301     Document Type: Article

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