Functional morphology of trabecular bone in the calcaneus of African apes. [PDF]
J AnatPan 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.
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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. +2 more
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Homosexual Behavior in Female Mountain Gorillas: Reflection of Dominance, Affiliation, Reconciliation or Arousal? [PDF]
PLoS ONE, 2016 Humans are unique among primates for not only engaging in same-sex sexual acts, but also forming homosexual pair bonds. To shed light on the evolutionary origins of homosexuality, data on the occurrence and contexts of same-sex behavior from nonhuman ...
Cyril C Grueter, Tara S Stoinski
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Molecular characterisation of protist parasites in human-habituated mountain gorillas (Gorilla beringei beringei), humans and livestock, from Bwindi Impenetrable National Park, Uganda [PDF]
Parasites & Vectors, 2017 Background Over 60 % of human emerging infectious diseases are zoonotic, and there is growing evidence of the zooanthroponotic transmission of diseases from humans to livestock and wildlife species, with major implications for public health, economics ...
Matthew J. Nolan +8 more
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Skeletal ageing in Virunga mountain gorillas. [PDF]
Philos Trans R Soc Lond B Biol Sci, 2020 Bone loss and heightened fracture risk are common conditions associated with ageing in modern human populations and have been attributed to both hormonal and other metabolic and behavioural changes. To what extent these age-related trends are specific to
Ruff CB +5 more
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People and Nature, 2021 Mountain gorilla Gorilla beringei beringei trekking is a substantial source of revenue for the conservation of this threatened primate and its habitat.
Gaspard Van Hamme +4 more
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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 +8 more
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Mothers may shape the variations in social organization among gorillas [PDF]
Royal Society Open Science, 2016 When mothers continue to support their offspring beyond infancy, they can influence the fitness of those offspring, the strength of social relationships within their groups, and the life-history traits of their species.
Andrew M. Robbins +8 more
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Attention cues in apes and their role in social play behavior of western lowland gorillas (Gorilla gorilla gorilla) [PDF]
, 2013 The research aims of this thesis are to investigate the attention cues available to and used by apes, especially gorillas (Gorilla gorilla), to ascertain the direction of conspecific attention during social interactions with a special reference to social
Mayhew, Jessica A.
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Analyzing the popularity of YouTube videos that violate mountain gorilla tourism regulations.
PLoS ONE, 2020 Although ecotourism is expected to be compatible with conservation, it often imposes negative effects on wildlife. The ecotourism of endangered mountain gorillas has attracted many tourists and functioned as a key component of their conservation.
Ryoma Otsuka, Gen Yamakoshi
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