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Seasonality in the Ecology and Life Histories of Mountain Gorillas (Gorilla gorilla beringei) [PDF]

, 1998
Respiratory illness (RI) accounts for a large proportion of mortalities in mountain gorillas (Gorilla beringei beringei), and fatal outbreaks, including disease caused by human metapneumovirus (HMPV) infections, have heightened concern about the risk of ...
Watts, David P
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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
doaj   +3 more sources

[News Clip: Gorillas]

, 1958
Video footage from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas to accompany a news story about a birthday party for two gorillas at Fort Worth's Forest Park ...
WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
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The Role of Folklore in Conservation of Mountain Gorillas (Gorilla beringei beringei) in Bwindi Impenetrable National Park, Uganda

, 2023
This study set out to examine the role of folklore in conservation of mountain gorillas (Gorilla beringei beringei) in Bwindi Impenetrable National Park in Uganda.
Barakagira, Alex, Joseph Muyiira, Alex Barakagira, Frances Tugumisirize, Muyiira, Joseph, Tugumisirize, Frances   +5 more
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Female mountain gorillas form enduring relationships

Strong, affiliative relationships are important across social mammals, and in many species, relationships between female kin form the basis of group life.
Riley Derby (17200825)
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Scaling up a one-health model of conservation through public health: experiences in Uganda and the Democratic Republic of the Congo

The Lancet Global Health, 2019
Background: Endangered mountain gorillas are threatened by habitat destruction, wildlife poaching, and disease—factors exacerbated by high levels of human poverty and population growth rates in and around Bwindi Impenetrable National Park in Uganda.
Gladys Kalema-Zikusoka, MsPVM, Joseph Byonanebye, PhD   +1 more
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Dietary Variability Among Mountain Gorilla Groups Across Volcanoes National Park, Rwanda

Ecology and Evolution
Gaining a more complete understanding of a species' dietary variability is crucial to properly discern distribution, population growth trends, and conservation actions.
H. Ihimbazwe, J. D. Tuyizere, L. Kayitete, D. Abavandimwe, A. K. Kamanzi Shimwa, M. L. Power, C. C. Grueter, M. Flint, J. D. Nsanzineza, A. Jonas, G. Kwibuka, D. Ishimwe, F. Ndagijimana, J. D. Hakizimana, P. Uwingeli, S. C. McFarlin, M. M. Robbins, T. S. Stoinski, W. Eckardt   +18 more
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Simian homologues of human herpesviruses and implications for novel viral introduction to free-living mountain gorillas. [PDF]

Am J Primatol, 2023
Smiley Evans T, Lowenstine LJ, Ssebide B, Barry PA, Kinani JF, Nizeyimana F, Noheli JB, Okello R, Mudakikwa A, Cranfield MR, Mazet JAK, Johnson CK, Gilardi KV.   +12 more
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The gestural communication of mountain gorillas (Gorilla beringei beringei)

Gestures are communicative tools with which great apes navigate close-range social interaction. Sharing key commonalities with human linguistic behaviour, the ape gestural system has long been discussed as a potential precursor to language. While gesture
Grund, Charlotte Vicki Christina
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Dissecting the two mechanisms of scramble competition among the Virunga mountain gorillas. [PDF]

Behav Ecol Sociobiol, 2021
Robbins AM, Grueter CC, Abavandimwe D, Stoinski TS, Robbins MM.   +4 more
europepmc   +1 more source