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Demographic Modeling of a Predator-Prey System and Its Implication for the Gombe Population of Procolobus rufomitratus tephrosceles

Date

Authors

Fourrier, Marc

Sussman, Robert W.

Kippen, Rebecca

Childs, Geoff

Publisher

Kluwer Academic Publishers

Abstract

We evaluated the viability of colobus populations under conservative estimates of predation by chimpanzees. If fertility and mortality schedules remain constant, intensely hunted red colobus populations will experience negative growth rates if one allows

Keywords

Keywords: age structure; antipredator defense; behavioral ecology; demographic method; fertility; growth rate; mortality; population growth; population modeling; predation; predator-prey interaction; primate; Africa; East Africa; Gombe National Park; Kigoma [Tanzan Chimpanzee; Demographic modeling; Predation; Red colobus

URI

http://hdl.handle.net/1885/54150

Collections

ANU Research Publications

Source

International Journal of Primatology

Type

Journal article

DOI

10.1007/s10764-007-9180-2

Restricted until

2037-12-31

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