Plant selection for nest building by western lowland gorillas in Cameroon

Primates

Volumn 55, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 41-49

  Willie, Jacob ^a,b   Tagg, Nikki ^b   Petre, Charles Albert ^b,c,d   Pereboom, Zjef ^b   Lens, Luc ^a  

^a GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

^b CENTRE FOR RESEARCH AND CONSERVATION   (Belgium)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LIÈGE   (Belgium)

^d ROYAL BELGIAN INSTITUTE OF NATURAL SCIENCES   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Dja Reserve; Habitat use; Nest building; Nesting behavior; Plant selection; Seasonal preference; Western lowland gorilla

Indexed keywords

HABITAT TYPE; HABITAT USE; HERB; NESTING BEHAVIOR; PREFERENCE BEHAVIOR; PRIMATE;

CAMEROON;

ALCHORNEA; ALCHORNEA FLORIBUNDA; GORILLA GORILLA GORILLA; MANNIOPHYTON FULVUM; MARANTACEAE; ZINGIBERACEAE;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CAMEROON; CLASSIFICATION; CLIMATE; ENVIRONMENT; GORILLA; NESTING; PHYSIOLOGY; PLANT; SEASON; SLEEP;

ANIMALS; CAMEROON; CLIMATE; ENVIRONMENT; GORILLA GORILLA; NESTING BEHAVIOR; PLANTS; SEASONS; SLEEP;

EID: 84890883750     PISSN: 00328332     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10329-013-0363-5     Document Type: Article

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