Social organization and space use of a wild mandrill (Mandrillus sphinx) group

American Journal of Primatology

Volumn 77, Issue 10, 2015, Pages 1036-1048

  Brockmeyer, Timo ^a,b   Kappeler, Peter M ^b   Willaume, Eric ^c   Benoit, Laure ^a   Mboumba, Sylvère ^d   Charpentier, Marie J E ^a  

^a CENTRE D ECOLOGIE FONCTIONNELLE ET EVOLUTIVE   (France)

^b GERMAN PRIMATE CENTER   (Germany)

^c SODEPAL   (Gabon)

^d USTM   (Gabon)

Author keywords

Home range; Male ranging; Mandrill; Social organization; Space use

Indexed keywords

COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; GROUP BEHAVIOR; HOME RANGE; PRIMATE; PROTOZOAN; RANGE SIZE; SOCIAL ORGANIZATION; SPACE USE;

MANDRILLUS SPHINX; PRIMATES; PROTOZOA;

RAIN;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL DISPERSAL; ENTAMOEBA; FEMALE; GABON; GENETICS; MALE; MANDRILLUS; NEMATODE; PARASITOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; REPRODUCTION; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR;

ANIMAL DISTRIBUTION; ANIMALS; ENTAMOEBA; FEMALE; GABON; HOMING BEHAVIOR; MALE; MANDRILLUS; NEMATODA; RAIN; REPRODUCTION; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR;

EID: 84942191139     PISSN: 02752565     EISSN: 10982345     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ajp.22439     Document Type: Article

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