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Geophagia by mountain gorillas (Gorilla gorilla beringei) in the Virunga Mountains, Rwanda [PDF]

Primates, 1990
Mountain gorillas (Gorilla gorilla beringei) occasionally eat material from weathered regolith (subsoil) sediments in the Virunga Mountains of northwestern Rwanda. The possible nutritional significance of this behaviour has been investigated by analyzing the geochemistry, primary mineral composition, and clay content of several regolith and surface ...
Watts, David P., Hancock, R. G. V., Mahaney, William C.   +2 more
openaire   +4 more sources

Validating faecal glucocorticoid metabolite analysis in the Virunga mountain gorilla using a natural biological stressor. [PDF]

Conserv Physiol, 2016
The continued degradation of primate habitat worldwide is forcing many primate populations into small protected forest islands surrounded by high-density human populations.
Eckardt W, Stoinski TS, Rosenbaum S, Umuhoza MR, Santymire R.   +4 more
europepmc   +2 more sources

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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Mountain gorilla genomes reveal the impact of long-term population decline and inbreeding. [PDF]

Science, 2015
Genomes in the mist The mountain gorilla is an iconic species that is at high risk of extinction. Xue et al. have sequenced 13 gorillas from two different populations to probe their genetic diversity. The genomes show large tracts of homozygosity and the
Xue Y, Prado-Martinez J, Sudmant PH, Narasimhan V, Ayub Q, Szpak M, Frandsen P, Chen Y, Yngvadottir B, Cooper DN, de Manuel M, Hernandez-Rodriguez J, Lobon I, Siegismund HR, Pagani L, Quail MA, Hvilsom C, Mudakikwa A, Eichler EE, Cranfield MR, Marques-Bonet T, Tyler-Smith C, Scally A.   +22 more
europepmc   +2 more sources

Variability of weaning age in mountain gorillas (Gorilla beringei beringei). [PDF]

American Journal of Physical Anthropology, 2021
OBJECTIVES Weaning is a key life history milestone for mammals that represents both the end of nutritional investment from the perspective of mothers and the start of complete nutritional independence for the infants.
M. Robbins, A. M. Robbins
semanticscholar   +4 more sources

Carriage of Infants by a Silverback Mountain Gorilla [PDF]

Folia Primatologica, 2001
First paragraph: A previously unreported behaviour in mountain gorillas (Gorilla gorilla beringei) studied at the Karisoke Research Centre, Rwanda, is described in this paper. The silverback, Pablo, was seen carrying an infant in front of another silverback, Cantsbee. There is great interspecific and intraspecific variation in male primate interactions
Warren, Ymke, Williamson, Elizabeth A
openaire   +4 more sources

Environmental and demographic risk factors for respiratory illness in endangered wild mountain gorillas (Gorilla beringei beringei) in Rwanda

Frontiers in Conservation Science
Morbidity and mortality from infectious diseases are an important health consideration for free ranging great apes, and respiratory illness (RI) is of particular concern in mountain gorillas (Gorilla beringei beringei), accounting for 25% all of ...
Kirsten V. K. Gilardi, Kirsten V. K. Gilardi, Brooke N. Genovese, Laurie A. Harris, Michael Cranfield, Michael Cranfield, Jean Bosco Noheri, Antoine Mudakikwa, Dawn Zimmerman, Jean Felix Kinani, Methode Bahizi, Tierra Smiley Evans, Tierra Smiley Evans, Tracey Goldstein, Tracey Goldstein, Jonna A. K. Mazet   +15 more
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Responses of mountain gorillas (Gorilla beringei beringei) to deceased infants

Primates
Studying nonhuman primates’ responses to the death of conspecifics has gained growing interest in comparative thanatology providing wider evolutionary context for our understanding of human responses to death and mourning.
James Munyawera, Robin E Morrison, W. Eckardt   +2 more
semanticscholar   +3 more sources

Higher Maximum Temperature Increases the Frequency of Water Drinking in Mountain Gorillas (Gorilla beringei beringei)

Frontiers in Conservation Science, 2022
Water plays a vital role in many aspects of sustaining life, including thermoregulation. Given that increasing temperatures and more extreme weather events due to climate change are predicted to influence water availability, understanding how species ...
Edward Wright, Edward Wright, Winnie Eckardt, Johannes Refisch, Robert Bitariho, Cyril C. Grueter, Jessica Ganas-Swaray, Tara S. Stoinski, Martha M. Robbins   +8 more
doaj   +2 more sources

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
doaj   +2 more sources