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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
doaj   +1 more source

In or out: Response slowing across housing conditions as a measure of affect in three Western lowland gorillas (Gorilla gorilla gorilla). [PDF]

PeerJ, 2020
McGuire M, Vonk JM.
europepmc   +1 more source

The evolutionary psychology of the human pointing gesture

Mind &Language, EarlyView.
The human pointing gesture is a species‐unique and species‐universal form of communication that depends on humans' especially powerful forms of cooperative cognition and motivation. I have previously hypothesized that the pointing gesture evolved as a behavioral tool empowering individuals to better coordinate their interdependent collaborative ...
Michael Tomasello
wiley   +1 more source

Species Assembly of Highland Anuran Communities in Equatorial Africa (Virunga Massif): Soundscape, Acoustic Niches, and Partitioning

Animals
The soundscape is a complex arrangement of sounds originating from animals and the environment. It is considered a reliable proxy for ecosystem niche structure at the community level.
Ulrich Sinsch, Deogratias Tuyisingize, Jonas Maximilian Dehling, Yntze van der Hoek   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

Testing lipid markers as predictors of all-cause morbidity, cardiac disease, and mortality risk in captive western lowland gorillas (Gorilla gorilla gorilla). [PDF]

Primate Biol, 2020
Edes AN, Brown JL, Edwards KL.
europepmc   +1 more source

Ostensive communication in great apes: The evolution of Gricean intent

Mind &Language, EarlyView.
I discuss the evolution of ostensive behaviours (behaviours that display the communicative intent to influence others through the perception of signals and actions addressed to them). Ostensive communication evolved out of evolutionary adaptations to the challenges and opportunities created by the evolutionary scenario of the meeting of ...
Juan Carlos Gómez
wiley   +1 more source

Lag Effects in L2 Phonetic Training: Longer Intersession Intervals Compensate for Auditory Individual Differences

The Modern Language Journal, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT In cognitive psychology, longer intersession intervals are thought to enhance long‐term retention (i.e., lag effects). Recently, scholars have begun to test the generalizability of the lag effect to L2 vocabulary and grammar acquisition. Following their step, the present study not only replicated the lag effect but also provided a more fine ...
Xiang Li, Kazuya Saito‐van Poeteren
wiley   +1 more source

Echinococcus multilocularis in two lowland gorillas (Gorilla g. gorilla).

, 2003
An unusual presentation of alveolar echinococcosis was observed in two lowland gorillas (Gorilla g. gorilla). Clinical signs included progressive abdominal enlargement, apathy and anorexia.
Lawrenz, A, Gottstein, Bruno, Gröne, A, Bacciarini, L N, Rehmann, P, Pagan, O   +5 more
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Habitat and dietary differences between Gorilla gorilla gorilla and Gorilla gorilla beringei : implication for social variability

, 2004
In this thesis I examine and synthesize the research literature on the habitats, diets and behaviors of Gorilla gorilla beringei (mountain gorilla) and Gorilla gorilla gorilla (western lowland gorilla).
Bate, Jacklyn C.
core   +1 more source

Allostatic Load Indices With Cholesterol and Triglycerides Predict Disease and Mortality Risk in Zoo-Housed Western Lowland Gorillas (Gorilla gorilla gorilla). [PDF]

Biomark Insights, 2020
Edes AN, Edwards KL, Wolfe BA, Brown JL, Crews DE.   +4 more
europepmc   +1 more source