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Virunga National Park, the heart of darkness as UNESCO World Heritage
Continents manuscrits, 2018 The article outlines some of the historical traces for the eco-crisis that presently threatens the first and most outstanding national park in Africa, homeland of the mountain gorilla.
Frits Andersen
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Eastern gorilla (Gorilla beringei) [PDF]
, 2005 First paragraph: Eastern gorillas (Gorilla beringei Matschie, 1903), occur in the wild more than 1 000 km from the nearest western gorillas (G. gorilla Savage, 1847).
Williamson, Elizabeth A +5 more
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Killer Conservation: the implications of disease on gorilla conservation
BioRisk, 2016 Human intrigue with the natural world has led to a boom in nature-oriented ecotourism and research endeavors. Some of these projects and programs focus on viewing or studying endangered wildlife, but can have negative implications on wild animal health ...
Rhiannon Schultz
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Dominance rank but not body size influences female reproductive success in mountain gorillas.
PLoS ONE, 2020 According to life history theory, natural selection has shaped trade-offs for allocating energy among growth, reproduction and maintenance to maximize individual fitness.
Edward Wright +5 more
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"Snare aware" mountain gorillas [PDF]
, 2005 First paragraph: People often ask whether mountain gorillas are still hunted, and if poaching remains a problem in the Volcanoes National Park. Until the ghastly resurgence of attempts to capture gorilla infants in 2002, there had been no known ...
Williamson, Elizabeth A
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Human impact on western lowland gorilla behaviour [PDF]
, 2010 First paragraph: Western lowland gorilla tourism exists on a considerably smaller scale than that of the high profile mountain gorillas. Yet the successful habituation of several western lowland gorilla groups, combined with demand from international ...
Lee, Phyllis C +2 more
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An investigation into some effects of captivity on the behaviour of gorillas and chimpanzees in four British zoos [PDF]
, 1999 This study, conducted at four British zoos over a period of four months, investigated some of the effects of captivity on the typical daily behaviour of 14 adult chimpanzees (Pan troglodytes) and 9 adult western lowland gorillas (Gorilla gorilla gorilla),
Hill, Sonya Petre
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The Pan African Medical Journal, 2019 INTRODUCTION: Cryptosporidium and Giardia are of great one health significance and major cause of protozoan diarrhea in humans and primates; they are found in the fecal matter of animals and humans and also in contaminated water and soil as well ...
Gizamba Jacob Mugoya +5 more
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, 2012 Genetics has revealed that western and eastern gorilla species physically split somewhere between 0.9 and 1.6 million years ago, with a separation of 1,000 km in their present ranges.
Degon, Ashley +5 more
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Innovative Community Tourism in Uganda
Téoros, 2012 This paper illustrates an innovative approach to enhance rural livelihoods through community tourism in Uganda. Following pro-poor tourism principles of local participation and linking with existing systems, Gorilla Friends Tented Camp opened in Ruhija ...
Kelly J. MacKAY, J. Michael CAMPBELL
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