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Minerals in the foods eaten by mountain gorillas (Gorilla beringei). [PDF]

PLoS ONE, 2014
Minerals are critical to an individual's health and fitness, and yet little is known about mineral nutrition and requirements in free-ranging primates. We estimated the mineral content of foods consumed by mountain gorillas (Gorilla beringei beringei) in
Emma C Cancelliere, Nicole DeAngelis, John Bosco Nkurunungi, David Raubenheimer, Jessica M Rothman   +4 more
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International cooperation and conflict in a social‐ecological system: A study of mountain gorillas as a common pool resource

Conservation Science and Practice
The endangered mountain gorilla (Gorilla beringei beringei) is a subspecies of the eastern gorilla dependent on habitat shared by the Democratic Republic of Congo, Republic of Rwanda, and Republic of Uganda, and is considered here as a common pool ...
Urmila Basu Mallick, Anna Behm Masozera, Fidèle Ruzigandekwe, Taye Teferi, Christopher Koliba, Luke Sanford, Adrian Martin   +6 more
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Catastrophic Decline of World's Largest Primate: 80% Loss of Grauer's Gorilla (Gorilla beringei graueri) Population Justifies Critically Endangered Status. [PDF]

PLoS ONE, 2016
Grauer's gorilla (Gorilla beringei graueri), the World's largest primate, is confined to eastern Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) and is threatened by civil war and insecurity.
Andrew J Plumptre, Stuart Nixon, Deo K Kujirakwinja, Ghislain Vieilledent, Rob Critchlow, Elizabeth A Williamson, Radar Nishuli, Andrew E Kirkby, Jefferson S Hall   +8 more
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Stinging Trichome Density and Morphology of Three Nettle Species Reflect Mountain Gorillas' Feeding Behavior [PDF]

Ecology and Evolution
Plants have developed defense mechanisms against herbivory, including stinging trichomes. Unlike smaller trichomes, which deter insects, the larger, biomineralized, stinging trichomes in Urticaceae defend plants from mammals. The trichome tip breaks off,
Alphonse Nyandwi, Winnie Eckardt, Elias Bizuru, Myriam Mujawamariya, Melanie L. DeVore   +4 more
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Time and distribution: a model of ape biogeography [PDF]

, 2008
We use data from 20 chimpanzee, bonobo and gorilla study sites to develop an African great ape time budgets model to predict the animals' capacity to survive in a range of habitats across sub-Saharan Africa.
Dunbar, R.I.M., Lehmann, Julia, Korstjens, Amanda   +2 more
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Tropienie goryli górskich (Gorilla beringei beringei) jako główna forma turystyki w Ruandzie (Afryka Środkowa) [PDF]

Studia Periegetica, 2010
Publikacja napisana głównie na podstawie obserwacji własnych autora, osobistych jego doświadczeń i porównań podczas wypraw do Rwandy w lutym i marcu 2010 oraz wcześniej w styczniu 1996 roku.
Remigiusz Mielcarek
doaj   +2 more sources

Early Alzheimer's disease-type pathology in the frontal cortex of wild mountain gorillas (Gorilla beringei beringei). [PDF]

Neurobiol Aging, 2016
Amyloid beta (Aβ) and tau pathology have been described in the brains of captive aged great apes, but the natural progression of these age-related pathologies from wild great apes, including the gorilla, is unknown.
Perez SE, Sherwood CC, Cranfield MR, Erwin JM, Mudakikwa A, Hof PR, Mufson EJ.   +6 more
europepmc   +2 more sources

Frequency of arboreality is correlated with longer hand skeletons in Gorilla: Analysis of a new skeletal sample of Bwindi mountain gorillas. [PDF]

J Anat
Variation in arboreality across gorilla populations is associated with systematic differences in manual digital lengths. Using a new dataset of linear metrics from the Bwindi mountain gorillas, we quantify metacarpal and phalangeal lengths in eastern and western gorilla populations across all five rays. Consistent with quantified behavioral differences,
Greiner EG, Ruff CB, King C, Nkwasibwe A, Muhire T, Tibenda E, Massey JS, Junno JA, Sherwood RM, Noheri JB, Nizeyimana F, Evans TS, Muvunyi R, Babaasa D, Robbins MM, McFarlin SC, Kivell TL.   +16 more
europepmc   +2 more sources

Functional morphology of trabecular bone in the calcaneus of African apes. [PDF]

J Anat
Pan exhibits significantly higher calcaneal tuberosity trabecular thickness (Tb.Th) and bone volume fraction (BV/TV) than Gorilla, potentially reflecting higher triceps surae forces for vertical climbing. Both taxa have significantly higher Tb.Th and BV/TV in the anterior calcaneus; the difference is exaggerated in Gorilla, potentially reflecting ...
Harper CM, Patel BA.
europepmc   +2 more sources

The management of mountain gorilla tourism in Uganda: Are the socio-economic benefits realised?

The Journal for Transdisciplinary Research in Southern Africa, 2022
Despite being endangered, the mountain gorilla (gorilla beringei beringei) is inextricably linked to tourism. With only 1069 primates globally, expanded conservation initiatives need to be extended to allow for continuous and sustainable benefits from ...
Gift Muresherwa, Washington Makuzva, Cynthia N. Dube, Imelda Amony   +3 more
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