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Ecological drivers of helminth infection patterns in the Virunga Massif mountain gorilla population

International Journal for Parasitology: Parasites and Wildlife, 2022
The Virunga Massif mountain gorilla population has been periodically monitored since the early 1970s, with gradually increasing effort. The population declined drastically in the 1970s, but the numbers stabilized in the 1980s.
K.J. Petrželková, P. Samaš, D. Romportl, C. Uwamahoro, B. Červená, B. Pafčo, T. Prokopová, R. Cameira, A.C. Granjon, A. Shapiro, M. Bahizi, J. Nziza, J.B. Noheri, E.K. Syaluha, W. Eckardt, F. Ndagijimana, J. Šlapeta, D. Modrý, K. Gilardi, R. Muvunyi, P. Uwingeli, A. Mudakikwa, J. Mapilanga, A. Kalonji, J.R. Hickey, M. Cranfield   +25 more
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African ape carpal morphology is not too specialized to represent the ancestral hominin carpus. [PDF]

J Anat
Knuckle walking is one hypothesized behavior of the Pan‐Homo last common ancestor. We analyzed carpal morphology, including Euclidean distances between behavioral pairs, to investigate whether the carpals of knuckle‐walking taxa appear relatively specialized.
Hunter LE, Tocheri MW, Orr CM, Patel BA, Alemseged Z.   +4 more
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Density and characteristics of tree cavities inside and outside Volcanoes National Park, Rwanda

Ecology and Evolution, 2022
Tree cavities, formed by animal excavation or processes of fungal decay and mechanical damage, may provide nesting, roosting, or resting opportunities to many invertebrate and vertebrate species.
Augustin Niringiyimana, Alphonse Nzarora, Jean Claude Twahirwa, Yntze van derHoek   +3 more
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Social environment elicits lateralized behaviors in Gorillas (Gorilla gorilla gorilla) and Chimpanzees (Pan troglodytes) [PDF]

, 2014
The influence of the social environment on lateralized behaviors has now been investigated across a wide variety of animal species. New evidence suggests that the social environment can modulate behavior. Currently, there is a paucity of data relating to
Forrester, Gillian, Spiezio, C., Quaresmini, C., Vallortigara, G., Forrester, G.S.   +4 more
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Mitigating Impacts of the COVID-19 Pandemic on Gorilla Conservation: Lessons From Bwindi Impenetrable Forest, Uganda

Frontiers in Public Health, 2021
The COVID-19 pandemic, affecting all countries, with millions of cases and deaths, and economic disruptions due to lockdowns, also threatens the health and conservation of endangered mountain gorillas.
Gladys Kalema-Zikusoka, Gladys Kalema-Zikusoka, Stephen Rubanga, Alex Ngabirano, Alex Ngabirano, Lawrence Zikusoka   +5 more
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Matching based on biological categories in Orangutans (Pongo abelii) and a Gorilla (Gorilla gorilla gorilla) [PDF]

PeerJ, 2013
Following a series of experiments in which six orangutans and one gorilla discriminated photographs of different animal species in a two-choice touch screen procedure, Vonk & MacDonald (2002) and Vonk & MacDonald (2004) concluded that orangutans, but not
Jennifer Vonk
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Human-Gorilla and Gorilla-Human: Dynamics of Human-animal boundaries and interethnic relationships in the central African rainforest

Revue de Primatologie, 2014
This paper (1) describes the perceptions of the western lowland gorilla (Gorilla gorilla gorilla) by forest dwellers of southeastern Cameroon and (2) investigates the sociocultural dimension of human–gorilla relationships focusing on folk theories of ...
Takanori Oishi
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Pathological Findings in a Captive Senile Western Lowland Gorilla (Gorilla gorilla gorilla) With Chronic Renal Failure and Septic Polyarthritis

Brazilian Journal of Veterinary Pathology, 2014
A case of chronic renal failure associated with septic polyarthritis affecting a 39-year-old male Western lowland gorilla (Gorilla gorilla gorilla) is described.
Tatiane Alves Paixão, Herlandes Penha Tinoco, Marcelo de Campos Cordeiro Malta, Maria Elvira Loyola Teixeira da Costa, Semíramis Azevedo Soave, Angela Tinoco Pessanha, Ana Patrícia Carvalho Silva, Renato Lima Santos   +7 more
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Extraversion predicts longer survival in gorillas: an 18-year longitudinal study [PDF]

, 2013
Personality plays an important role in determining human health and risk of earlier death. However, the mechanisms underlying those associations remain unknown.
Weiss, Alexander, Gartner, Marieke, Gartner, Marieke Cassia, Stoinski, Tara, Gold, Ken   +4 more
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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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