Behavioural ecology and group cohesion of juvenile western lowland gorillas (Gorilla g. gorilla) during rehabilitation in the Batéké Plateaux National Park, Gabon

PLoS ONE

Volumn 10, Issue 3, 2015, Pages

  Flohic, Guillaume Le ^a,b   Motsch, Peggy ^c   DeNys, Hélène ^a   Childs, Simon ^a   Courage, Amos ^a   King, Tony ^a  

^a Aspinall Foundation   (United Kingdom)

^b Unité de Gestion   (Congo)

^c CENTRE INTERNATIONAL DE RECHERCHES MÉDICALES DE FRANCEVILLE   (Gabon)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEATH; DIALIUM; ECOLOGY; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; FRUIT; GABON; GORILLA; JUVENILE ANIMAL; LEGUME; MALE; NATIONAL PARK; NONHUMAN; PLAY; REHABILITATION; SOCIAL INTERACTION; SOCIAL NETWORK; WELLBEING; ANIMAL; GORILLA GORILLA; RECREATIONAL PARK;

ANIMALIA; DIALIUM; GORILLA GORILLA; GORILLA GORILLA GORILLA;

ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; GABON; GORILLA GORILLA; PARKS, RECREATIONAL;

EID: 84926030638     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0119609     Document Type: Article

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