Group Size Dynamics over 15+ Years in an African Forest Primate Community

Biotropica

Volumn 47, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 101-112

  Gogarten, Jan F ^a,b,c   Jacob, Aerin L ^a,d   Ghai, Ria R ^a   Rothman, Jessica M ^e   Twinomugisha, Dennis ^f   Wasserman, Michael D ^g   Chapman, Colin A ^f,h,i  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR EVOLUTIONARY ANTHROPOLOGY   (Germany)

^c ROBERT KOCH INSTITUTE   (Germany)

^d UNIVERSITY OF VICTORIA   (Canada)

^e CITY UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

^f MAKERERE UNIVERSITY   (Uganda)

^g ST EDWARD'S UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^h MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

ⁱ WILDLIFE CONSERVATION SOCIETY   (United States)

Author keywords

Forest dynamics; Kibale National Park, Uganda; Non equilibrium; Procolobus rufomitratus; Red colobus; Stability

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; CERCOPITHECUS ASCANIUS; COLOBUS; COLOBUS GUEREZA; COLOBUS SP.; LOPHOCEBUS ALBIGENA; PRIMATES; PROCOLOBUS BADIUS; PROCOLOBUS RUFOMITRATUS;

EID: 84930178799     PISSN: 00063606     EISSN: 17447429     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/btp.12177     Document Type: Article

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