Bonobo nest site selection and the importance of predictor scales in primate ecology

American Journal of Primatology

Volumn 78, Issue 12, 2016, Pages 1326-1343

  Serckx, Adeline ^a,b,c,d   Huynen, Marie Claude ^a   Beudels Jamar, Roseline C ^b   Vimond, Marie ^a   Bogaert, Jan ^a   Kühl, Hjalmar S ^d,e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LIÈGE   (Belgium)

^b ROYAL BELGIAN INSTITUTE OF NATURAL SCIENCES   (Belgium)

^c Ecole Regionale Post Univ d'Amenagement et de Gestion Integres des Forets et Territoires Tropicaux   (Congo)

^d MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR EVOLUTIONARY ANTHROPOLOGY   (Germany)

^e GERMAN CENTRE FOR INTEGRATIVE BIODIVERSITY RESEARCH IDIV HALLE JENA LEIPZIG   (Germany)

Author keywords

bonobo; nest count spatial scale; species distribution model; weighting functions

Indexed keywords

BEHAVIORAL ECOLOGY; ECOLOGICAL MODELING; ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FOOD AVAILABILITY; GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION; HERB; HOMINID; NEST SITE; SITE SELECTION; SPATIAL ANALYSIS; WEIGHT;

PAN PANISCUS; PRIMATES;

ANIMAL; ECOLOGY; ECOSYSTEM; FOREST; NESTING; PAN PANISCUS;

ANIMALS; ECOLOGY; ECOSYSTEM; FORESTS; NESTING BEHAVIOR; PAN PANISCUS;

EID: 84979781308     PISSN: 02752565     EISSN: 10982345     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ajp.22585     Document Type: Article

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