How Ebola impacts social dynamics in gorillas: A multistate modelling approach

Journal of Animal Ecology

Volumn 84, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 166-176

  Genton, Céline ^a   Pierre, Amandine ^a   Cristescu, Romane ^a,b   Lévréro, Florence ^c   Gatti, Sylvain ^a   Pierre, Jean Sébastien ^a   Ménard, Nelly ^a   Le Gouar, Pascaline ^a  

^a CNRS   (France)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^c CNRS   (France)

Author keywords

Gorilla gorilla gorilla; Capture recapture; Demographic crash; Emerging infectious disease; Recovery; Sociality

Indexed keywords

GORILLA GORILLA GORILLA;

ANIMAL; APE DISEASE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; CONGO; EBOLA HEMORRHAGIC FEVER; FEMALE; GORILLA; MALE; POPULATION DYNAMICS; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; VIROLOGY;

ANIMALS; APE DISEASES; CONGO; FEMALE; GORILLA GORILLA; HEMORRHAGIC FEVER, EBOLA; MALE; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; POPULATION DYNAMICS; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR;

EID: 84919875770     PISSN: 00218790     EISSN: 13652656     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1365-2656.12268     Document Type: Article

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