Conservation of the Mountain Gorilla and its Habitat in Rwanda

1979 ◽  
Vol 6 (2) ◽  
pp. 143-147 ◽  
Author(s):  
Alexander H. Harcourt ◽  
Kai Curry-Lindahl
Keyword(s):  
Protected Area ◽  
National Park ◽  
Large Scale ◽  
Gorilla Gorilla ◽  
Local People ◽  
Mountain Gorilla ◽  
Gorilla Beringei ◽  
Gorilla Gorilla Beringei ◽  
Extensive Damage

Over the last twenty years, the population of Mountain Gorilla (Gorilla gorilla beringei) in the Virunga Volcanoes region of Rwanda, Uganda, and Zaire, has halved from an estimated 400–500 to fewer than 250. The major cause of this decline is loss of habitat through large-scale appropriation of National Park land in Rwanda for agriculture, and through encroachment by local people and their cattle which causes extensive damage to vegetation within the protected area.

Occurrence and Molecular Analysis of Balantidium coli in Mountain Gorilla (Gorilla beringei beringei) in the Volcanoes National Park, Rwanda

2013 ◽  
Vol 49 (4) ◽  
pp. 1063-1065 ◽  
Author(s):  
James M. Hassell ◽  
Damer P. Blake ◽  
Michael R. Cranfield ◽  
Jan Ramer ◽  
Jennifer N. Hogan ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Molecular Analysis ◽  
National Park ◽  
Gorilla Gorilla ◽  
Mountain Gorilla ◽  
Balantidium Coli ◽  
Gorilla Beringei Beringei ◽  
Gorilla Beringei ◽  
Gorilla Gorilla Beringei

scholarly journals The rules and the reality of mountain gorilla Gorilla beringei beringei tracking: how close do tourists get?

Oryx ◽  
2006 ◽  
Vol 40 (4) ◽  
pp. 428-433 ◽  
Author(s):  
Chris Sandbrook ◽  
Stuart Semple
Keyword(s):  
Disease Transmission ◽  
National Park ◽  
Gorilla Gorilla ◽  
Mountain Gorilla ◽  
Close Encounters ◽  
Gorilla Beringei Beringei ◽  
Gorilla Beringei ◽  
Risk Of Disease ◽  
Gorilla Gorilla Beringei ◽  
First Time

Mountain gorilla Gorilla beringei beringei tracking tourism generates important revenue for conservation efforts but brings with it the threat of disease transmission into the gorilla population. This study quantifies for the first time aspects of encounters between gorillas and tourists at Bwindi Impenetrable National Park that are likely to contribute to the risk of disease transmission. These include how close tourists get to gorillas, how close encounters are initiated, how long they last, and the age class of gorillas involved. Tourists got significantly closer to gorillas than the park rules allow (a mean of 2.76 m, compared to the rule of 7 m), and remained close for long periods. Contacts with the gorillas most vulnerable to disease, the juveniles, were closer but of shorter duration than those with adults. Contacts initiated by gorillas were closer but shorter than those initiated by tourists. Taken together these results demonstrate that the present rules are failing, and that the risk of disease transmission may be greater than previously believed.

The brain of the mountain gorilla (Gorilla gorilla beringei)

Primates ◽  
1965 ◽  
Vol 6 (3-4) ◽  
pp. 419-449 ◽  
Author(s):  
Hiroshi Hosokawa ◽  
Toshiro Kamiya ◽  
Kazushige Hirosawa
Keyword(s):  
Gorilla Gorilla ◽  
Mountain Gorilla ◽  
Gorilla Gorilla Gorilla ◽  
Gorilla Beringei ◽  
Gorilla Gorilla Beringei ◽  
The Brain

Brain structure variation in great apes, with attention to the mountain gorilla (Gorilla beringei beringei)

2004 ◽  
Vol 63 (3) ◽  
pp. 149-164 ◽  
Author(s):  
Chet C. Sherwood ◽  
Michael R. Cranfield ◽  
Patrick T. Mehlman ◽  
Alecia A. Lilly ◽  
Jo Anne L. Garbe ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Brain Structure ◽  
Great Apes ◽  
Gorilla Gorilla ◽  
Mountain Gorilla ◽  
Structure Variation ◽  
Gorilla Beringei Beringei ◽  
Gorilla Beringei ◽  
Gorilla Gorilla Beringei

scholarly journals Toughness of the Virunga mountain gorilla (Gorilla beringei beringei) diet across an altitudinal gradient

2017 ◽  
Vol 79 (8) ◽  
pp. e22661 ◽  
Author(s):  
Halszka Glowacka ◽  
Shannon C. McFarlin ◽  
Erin R. Vogel ◽  
Tara S. Stoinski ◽  
Felix Ndagijimana ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Altitudinal Gradient ◽  
Gorilla Gorilla ◽  
Mountain Gorilla ◽  
Gorilla Beringei Beringei ◽  
Gorilla Beringei ◽  
Gorilla Gorilla Beringei
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