An unusual incident of adoption in a wild chimpanzee (Pan troglodytes) population at Gombe National Park

2008 ◽  
Vol 70 (10) ◽  
pp. 995-998 ◽  
Author(s):  
Emily E. Wroblewski
Keyword(s):  
Pan Troglodytes ◽  
National Park ◽  
Wild Chimpanzee ◽  
Gombe National Park

Anxiety-related behavior of orphan chimpanzees (Pan troglodytes schweinfurthii) at Gombe National Park, Tanzania

Primates ◽  
2012 ◽  
Vol 54 (1) ◽  
pp. 21-26 ◽  
Author(s):  
Maria Botero ◽  
Suzanne E. MacDonald ◽  
Rowland S. Miller
Keyword(s):  
Pan Troglodytes ◽  
National Park ◽  
Pan Troglodytes Schweinfurthii ◽  
Gombe National Park

Non-invasive quantification of immunoglobulin A in chimpanzees (Pan troglodytes schweinfurthii) at Gombe National Park, Tanzania

2016 ◽  
Vol 80 (1) ◽  
pp. e22558 ◽  
Author(s):  
Emma L. Lantz ◽  
Elizabeth V. Lonsdorf ◽  
Matthew R. Heintz ◽  
Carson M. Murray ◽  
Iddi Lipende ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Pan Troglodytes ◽  
National Park ◽  
Immunoglobulin A ◽  
Pan Troglodytes Schweinfurthii ◽  
Gombe National Park ◽  
Non Invasive

scholarly journals Female monopolizability promotes within-community killing in chimpanzees

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Michael L. Wilson ◽  
Anthony Massaro ◽  
Emily Wroblewski ◽  
Deus Mjungu ◽  
Emily Boehm ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Population Density ◽  
Pan Troglodytes ◽  
National Park ◽  
High Population ◽  
Published Data ◽  
High Population Density ◽  
Gombe National Park ◽  
Using Data ◽  
Study Sites

Abstract Male chimpanzees (Pan troglodytes) defend group territories and sometimes kill members of rival communities — a pattern often compared to human warfare1-3. Male chimpanzees also sometimes kill grown males from their own community4-9. Such within-community killings are puzzling, as they reduce the coalition strength needed to win inter-community contests5,10. Here we examine the contexts of within-community killing using data from two neighboring communities at Gombe National Park, Tanzania, as well as published data from other long-term chimpanzee study sites. At Gombe, more killing occurred within the smaller Mitumba community, where fertile females were more monopolizable. Attackers increased their share of mating and paternity following known and inferred killings. Other factors proposed to explain such killings, including the degree of intercommunity threat, male-biased sex ratios, high population density, or generalized aggression, did not explain the high rates of killing in Mitumba. Comparing across study sites, the best predictor of within-community killing was an index of the degree to which fertile females can be monopolized by the highest ranking male11. Our findings therefore support the hypothesis that within-community killing is a strategy to eliminate reproductive rivals that is more likely to pay off when fertile females are more easily monopolized.

Severe Aggression Among Female Pan troglodytes schweinfurthii at Gombe National Park, Tanzania

2008 ◽  
Vol 29 (4) ◽  
pp. 949-973 ◽  
Author(s):  
Anne Pusey ◽  
Carson Murray ◽  
William Wallauer ◽  
Michael Wilson ◽  
Emily Wroblewski ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Pan Troglodytes ◽  
National Park ◽  
Pan Troglodytes Schweinfurthii ◽  
Gombe National Park

scholarly journals Socioecological correlates of clinical signs in two communities of wild chimpanzees (Pan troglodytes) at Gombe National Park, Tanzania

2016 ◽  
Vol 80 (1) ◽  
pp. e22562 ◽  
Author(s):  
Elizabeth V. Lonsdorf ◽  
Thomas R. Gillespie ◽  
Tiffany M. Wolf ◽  
Iddi Lipende ◽  
Jane Raphael ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Pan Troglodytes ◽  
National Park ◽  
Clinical Signs ◽  
Gombe National Park

scholarly journals Campylobacter troglodytissp. nov., Isolated from Feces of Human-Habituated Wild Chimpanzees (Pan troglodytes schweinfurthii) in Tanzania

2011 ◽  
Vol 77 (7) ◽  
pp. 2366-2373 ◽  
Author(s):  
Taranjit Kaur ◽  
Jatinder Singh ◽  
Michael A. Huffman ◽  
Klára J. Petrželková ◽  
Nancy S. Taylor ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
16S Rrna ◽  
16S Rrna Gene ◽  
Pan Troglodytes ◽  
National Park ◽  
16S Rrna Gene Sequencing ◽  
Protein Profiling ◽  
Cell Protein ◽  
Rrna Gene ◽  
Polymorphism Analysis ◽  
Wild Chimpanzee

ABSTRACTThe transmission of simian immunodeficiency and Ebola viruses to humans in recent years has heightened awareness of the public health significance of zoonotic diseases of primate origin, particularly from chimpanzees. In this study, we analyzed 71 fecal samples collected from 2 different wild chimpanzee (Pan troglodytes) populations with different histories in relation to their proximity to humans.Campylobacterspp. were detected by culture in 19/56 (34%) group 1 (human habituated for research and tourism purposes at Mahale Mountains National Park) and 0/15 (0%) group 2 (not human habituated but propagated from an introduced population released from captivity over 30 years ago at Rubondo Island National Park) chimpanzees, respectively. Using 16S rRNA gene sequencing, all isolates were virtually identical (at most a single base difference), and the chimpanzee isolates were most closely related toCampylobacter helveticusandCampylobacter upsaliensis(94.7% and 95.9% similarity, respectively). Whole-cell protein profiling, amplified fragment length polymorphism analysis of genomic DNA,hsp60sequence analysis, and determination of the mol% G+C content revealed two subgroups among the chimpanzee isolates. DNA-DNA hybridization experiments confirmed that both subgroups represented distinct genomic species. In the absence of differential biochemical characteristics and morphology and identical 16S rRNA gene sequences, we propose to classify all isolates into a single novel nomenspecies,Campylobacter troglodytis, with strain MIT 05-9149 as the type strain; strain MIT 05-9157 is suggested as the reference strain for the secondC. troglodytisgenomovar. Further studies are required to determine whether the organism is pathogenic to chimpanzees and whether this novelCampylobactercolonizes humans and causes enteric disease.

scholarly journals Demographic and ecological effects on patterns of parasitism in eastern chimpanzees (Pan troglodytes schweinfurthii) in Gombe National Park, Tanzania

2010 ◽  
Vol 143 (4) ◽  
pp. 534-544 ◽  
Author(s):  
Thomas R. Gillespie ◽  
Elizabeth V. Lonsdorf ◽  
Elizabeth P. Canfield ◽  
Derek J. Meyer ◽  
Yvonne Nadler ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Pan Troglodytes ◽  
National Park ◽  
Ecological Effects ◽  
Pan Troglodytes Schweinfurthii ◽  
Gombe National Park
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