Complex responses to climate and anthropogenic changes: An evaluation based on long-term data from kibale national park, Uganda

The Ecological Impact of Long-Term Changes in Africa's Rift Valley

Volumn , Issue , 2011, Pages 73-94

  Chapman, Colin A ^a,b   Chapman, Lauren J ^b,c   Ghai, Ria ^c   Hartter, Joel ^d   Jacob, Aerin L ^c   Lwanga, Jeremiah S ^e   Omeja, Patrick ^e   Rothman, Jessica M ^f,g   Twinomugisha, Dennis ^e  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b WILDLIFE CONSERVATION SOCIETY   (United States)

^c MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^d UNIVERSITY OF NEW HAMPSHIRE   (United States)

^e MAKERERE UNIVERSITY   (Uganda)

^f CITY UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

^g New York Consortium in Evolutionary Primatology NYCEP   (United States)

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