Mountain gorilla ranging patterns: Influence of group size and group dynamics

American Journal of Primatology

Volumn 76, Issue 8, 2014, Pages 730-746

  Caillaud, Damien ^a,b   Ndagijimana, Felix ^a   Giarrusso, Anthony J ^b   Vecellio, Veronica ^a   Stoinski, Tara S ^a,c  

^a Dian Fossey Gorilla Fund International   (United States)

^b GEORGIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^c ZOO ATLANTA   (United States)

Author keywords

Animal movement; Gorilla beringei beringei; Group dynamics; Inter group interactions; Kernel home range analysis

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; GORILLA GORILLA BERINGEI;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; CATERING SERVICE; FEMALE; GORILLA; MALE; POPULATION DYNAMICS; PSYCHOLOGY; RWANDA; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR;

ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; FEMALE; FOOD SUPPLY; GORILLA GORILLA; HOMING BEHAVIOR; MALE; POPULATION DYNAMICS; RWANDA; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR;

EID: 84904576698     PISSN: 02752565     EISSN: 10982345     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ajp.22265     Document Type: Article

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