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4.1. Gorilla Ecology Summary: Gorilla Ecology 4.1. Gorilla Ecology Summary: Gorilla Ecology
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Introduction: Gorilla Ecology Introduction: Gorilla Ecology
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4.1.1. Body Size and Diet 4.1.1. Body Size and Diet
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4.1.2. General Habitat and Food Preferences 4.1.2. General Habitat and Food Preferences
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4.1.3. Diet, altitude, and season 4.1.3. Diet, altitude, and season
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4.1.3.1. Western Gorillas 4.1.3.1. Western Gorillas
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4.1.3.2. Eastern lowland, or Grauer's gorillas 4.1.3.2. Eastern lowland, or Grauer's gorillas
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4.1.3.3. Mountain gorillas 4.1.3.3. Mountain gorillas
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4.1.4. Diet and daily ranging: Variation in foraging effort 4.1.4. Diet and daily ranging: Variation in foraging effort
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4.1.5. Diet and home range size 4.1.5. Diet and home range size
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4.1.6. Ecology and group cohesion 4.1.6. Ecology and group cohesion
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4.1.7. Ecology and population density 4.1.7. Ecology and population density
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4.1.8. Comparison with Pan and Pongo 4.1.8. Comparison with Pan and Pongo
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4.1.8.1. Pan 4.1.8.1. Pan
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4.1.8.2. Pongo 4.1.8.2. Pongo
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Conclusion: Gorilla Ecology Conclusion: Gorilla Ecology
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4.2 Gorilla Society: Summary Gorilla Society 4.2 Gorilla Society: Summary Gorilla Society
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Introduction: Gorilla Society Introduction: Gorilla Society
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4.2.1 Social structure and social processes 4.2.1 Social structure and social processes
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4.2.1.1. Group size and composition; population structure 4.2.1.1. Group size and composition; population structure
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Group size Group size
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Group composition Group composition
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Lone males and non-breeding groups Lone males and non-breeding groups
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4.2.1.2. Dispersal; group formation, transition, and demise 4.2.1.2. Dispersal; group formation, transition, and demise
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Female dispersal and transfer Female dispersal and transfer
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Male dispersal Male dispersal
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Male philopatry Male philopatry
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Group fission Group fission
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Group transition and demise Group transition and demise
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4.2.1.3. Infanticide 4.2.1.3. Infanticide
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4.2.1.4. Interunit encounters 4.2.1.4. Interunit encounters
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The nature of encounters The nature of encounters
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Frequency of encounters Frequency of encounters
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Sources of conflict Sources of conflict
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4.2.2. Social relationships 4.2.2. Social relationships
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4.2.2.1. Relationships between adult males and females 4.2.2.1. Relationships between adult males and females
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4.2.2.2. Relationships between adult females 4.2.2.2. Relationships between adult females
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4.2.2.3. Relationships between adult males 4.2.2.3. Relationships between adult males
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Bachelor groups Bachelor groups
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4.2.2.4. The social relationships of immature animals 4.2.2.4. The social relationships of immature animals
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4.2.3. Comparison with Pan and Pongo 4.2.3. Comparison with Pan and Pongo
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4.2.3.1. Pan 4.2.3.1. Pan
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4.2.3.2. Pongo 4.2.3.2. Pongo
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Conclusion: Gorilla Society Conclusion: Gorilla Society
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Figure Details Figure Details
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Statistical Details Statistical Details
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4 Gorilla Ecology and Society: A Brief Description
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Published:August 2007
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Abstract
Gorilla society is based on cohesive groups usually containing one adult male, several breeding females, and their offspring, and is characterized by long-term association between males and females, sometimes lasting for years. Both sexes normally leave the group of their birth. Gorillas prefer fruit to foliage. Their large body size, however, enables them to survive on more abundant, but lower-quality food such as pith, leaves, and woody stems, when preferred fruit is unavailable. This dietary flexibility helps to explain variation across gorilla populations in diet, ranging behavior, and some aspects of social cohesion. The striking differences between all the great apes in the nature of their societies are closely tied to their contrasting diets, and to related variation in how they find food, that is, their foraging strategies. This chapter, which provides a brief description of gorilla ecology and society in comparison with Pan and Pongo, looks at body size and diet, general habitat and food preferences, variation in foraging effort, home-range size, group cohesion, and population density.
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