Distribution and numbers of Pygmies in central African forests

PLoS ONE

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 2016, Pages

  Olivero, Jesús ^a   Fa, John E ^b,c   Farfán, Miguel A ^a   Lewis, Jerome ^d   Hewlett, Barry ^e   Breuer, Thomas ^f   Carpaneto, Giuseppe M ^g   Fernández, María ^h   Germi, Francesco ⁱ   Hattori, Shiho ^j   Head, Josephine ^k   Ichikawa, Mitsuo ⁱ   Kitanaishi, Koichi ^l   Knights, Jessica ^d   Matsuura, Naoki ^m   Migliano, Andrea ^d   Nese, Barbara ⁱ   Noss, Andrew ⁿ   Ekoumou, Dieudonné Ongbwa ^o   Paulin, Pascale ^p   Real, Raimundo ^a   Riddell, Mike ^q   Stevenson, Edward G J ^r   Toda, Mikako ^m   Vargas, J Mario ^a   Yasuoka, Hirokazu ^s   Nasi, Robert ^t   more..

^a UNIVERSITY OF MÁLAGA   (Spain)

^b MANCHESTER METROPOLITAN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c CENTER FOR INTERNATIONAL FORESTRY RESEARCH   (Indonesia)

^d UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^e WASHINGTON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^f WILDLIFE CONSERVATION SOCIETY   (United States)

^g ROMA TRE UNIVERSITY   (Italy)

^h Asociación Zerca y Lejos   (Spain)

ⁱ Tenri University ^*  (Italy)

^j TENRI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^k Chameleon Strategy   (United Kingdom)

^l YAMAGUCHI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^m KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

ⁿ UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

^o UNIVERSITÉ DU QUÉBEC À MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^p Institut des Sciences de l'Homme   (France)

^q Tower Mains Studios   (United Kingdom)

^r DURHAM UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^s HOSEI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^t Jalan CIFOR ^*  (Indonesia)

more..

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CENTRAL AFRICA; HUMAN; INDIGENOUS PEOPLE; LIFESTYLE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MODEL; POPULATION SIZE; PYGMY; TROPICAL RAIN FOREST; FOREST; MIGRATION; POPULATION DENSITY; THEORETICAL MODEL;

AFRICA, CENTRAL; FORESTS; HUMAN MIGRATION; HUMANS; MODELS, THEORETICAL; POPULATION DENSITY;

EID: 84954062184     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0144499     Document Type: Article

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