Browsing Institute of Tropical Forest Conservation by Subject "Gorilla beringei beringei"

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Dietary Variability of Mountain Gorillas in Bwindi Impenetrable National Park, Uganda

Ganas, Jessica; Robbins, Martha M.; Nkurunungi, John Bosco; Kaplin, Beth A.; McNeilage, Alastair (International Journal of Primatology, 2004-10)

Data on intraspecific dietary variability has important implications for understanding flexibility in foraging behavior, habitat utilization, population dynamics, and social behavior and may also assist in conservation ...
A Preliminary Study of the Temporal and Spatial Biomass Patterns of Herbaceous Vegetation Consumed by Mountain Gorillas in an Afromontane Rain Forest

Ganas, Jessica; Nkurunungi, John Bosco; Robbins, Martha M. (Biotropica, 2009)

Although many animal species consume herbaceous vegetation found in African tropical forests, little is known of the temporal and spatial availability of these plants. From September 2004 to August 2005 we conducted a study ...