Socioecological Factors Influencing Intergroup Encounters in Western Lowland Gorillas (Gorilla gorilla gorilla)
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DOI: 10.1007/s10764-020-00147-6
Abstract: Socioecological variables influence the rate and nature of encounters between conspecific primate groups. Both social (i.e., type of encounter) and ecological factors (i.e., fruit availability) affect rates and outcomes of intergroup encounters in eastern gorillas.… read more here.
Keywords: western lowland; gorilla; intergroup encounters; gorilla gorilla ... See more keywords
Sympatric western lowland gorillas, central chimpanzees and humans are infected with different trichomonads
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DOI: 10.1017/s0031182019001343
Abstract: Abstract We investigated intestinal trichomonads in western lowland gorillas, central chimpanzees and humans cohabiting the forest ecosystem of Dzanga-Sangha Protected Area in Central African Republic, using the internal transcribed spacer (ITS) region and SSU rRNA… read more here.
Keywords: chimpanzees humans; lowland gorillas; central chimpanzees; infected different ... See more keywords
Food cleaning in gorillas: Social learning is a possibility but not a necessity
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DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0188866
Abstract: Food cleaning is widespread in the animal kingdom, and a recent report confirmed that (amongst other behaviours) wild western lowland gorillas also show food cleaning. The authors of this report conclude that this behaviour, based… read more here.
Keywords: western lowland; behavioural form; food; lowland gorillas ... See more keywords
Relationships Between Gastrointestinal Parasite Infections and the Fecal Microbiome in Free-Ranging Western Lowland Gorillas
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DOI: 10.3389/fmicb.2018.01202
Abstract: Relationships between gastrointestinal parasites (GIPs) and the gastrointestinal microbiome (GIM) are widely discussed topics across mammalian species due to their possible impact on the host's health. GIPs may change the environment determining alterations in GIM… read more here.
Keywords: western lowland; relationships gastrointestinal; infections fecal; fecal microbiome ... See more keywords