Virunga Massif Mountain Gorilla Census – 2010 Summary Report
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Giardia in mountain gorillas (Gorilla beringei beringei), forest buffalo (Syncerus caffer), and domestic cattle in Volcanoes National Park, Rwanda.
Mountain gorillas (Gorilla beringei beringei) are critically endangered primates surviving in two isolated populations in protected areas within the Virunga Massif of Rwanda, Uganda, the Democratic Republic of Congo, and in Bwindi Impenetrable National Park in Uganda. Mountain gorillas face intense ecologic pressures due to their proximity to humans. Human communities outside the national parks...
متن کاملAre the gorillas in Bwindi Impenetrable National Park "true" mountain gorillas?
The gorillas that inhabit Bwindi Impenetrable National Park in Uganda are the least known of the eastern gorillas. Because they are an allopatric population living a minimum of 25 km from the well-studied population of mountain gorillas (Gorilla beringei beringei) in Rwanda and have certain morphological and ecological differences from these gorillas, their taxonomic status has been in question...
متن کاملKevin Foster
The results of the census carried out in the spring of 2010 in this area revealed that the number of mountain gorillas had increased by more than 26 per cent over the past seven years — an average growth rate of 3.7 per cent per year. Of the 480 mountain gorillas living in greater Virunga region, 14 were solitary silverback males, and the other animals were living in one of the 36 identified fa...
متن کاملEarly brain growth cessation in wild Virunga mountain gorillas (Gorilla beringei beringei).
Understanding the life history correlates of ontogenetic differences in hominoid brain growth requires information from multiple species. At present, however, data on how brain size changes over the course of development are only available from chimpanzees and modern humans. In this study, we examined brain growth in wild Virunga mountain gorillas using data derived from necropsy reports (N = 3...
متن کاملEnergetic responses to variation in food availability in the two mountain gorilla populations (Gorilla beringei beringei).
OBJECTIVE Here, we compare food availability and relate this to differences in energy intake rates, time spent feeding, and daily travel distance of gorillas in the two populations. Comparative intraspecific studies investigating spatiotemporal variation in food availability can help us understand the complex relationships between ecology, behavior, and life history in primates and are relevant...
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تاریخ انتشار 2011