| Descriptive Attribute | Value(s) |
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| Grouping | Ape |
| Observation Number (Open Context) | 29 |
| Subspecies | Pan paniscus |
| Common name | Bonobo |
| Period of study | October 1984 - July 1985 |
| Country or Region | Democratic Republic of Congo |
| Method | Feeding trails and focal samples |
| Wet season | Severe rainy: September - November, slight rainy: March - May (Kano & Mulavwa 1984 - Wanga and Lomako are very closely situated sites) |
| Dry season | December - February, June - August |
| Environment | Primary, climax, evergreen, polyspecific forest and secondary forest |
| Altitude (m) | 390 (Myers-Thompson 2002) |
| % Fruit | 72.1 |
| % Leaves | 24.9 |
| % Flowers | 0.5 |
| % Invertebrates | 0.1 |
| % Other | 0.3 |
| Fruit availability peak | June - July, October - November (interannual variation occurs) (Badrian & Malenky 1984) |
| Low fruit availability | January - February (interannual varition occurs) (Badrian & Malenky 1984) |
| Percentages | Based on time spent feeding |
| Notes | Incomplete year of study, but fruit appears to be consistently available, because the fruit peak months have not been studied, yet fruit consumption is high. |
| Reference | White 1992 |
| Scanning method | Data collected through 2-minute sampling of identified focal animals (Altmann, 1974) |
| Full Reference |
White, F. J. (1992). Activity budgets, feeding behavior, and habitat use of Pygmy Chimpanzees at Lomako, Zaire. American Journal of Primatology, 26: 215-223. [Available at: https://doi.org/10.1002/ajp.1350260307]
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Has taxonomic identifier
Vocabulary: Food Ontology |
Pan paniscus
Vocabulary: Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF) - Species Open Context References: Pan paniscus |
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Consists of
Vocabulary: CIDOC Conceptual Reference Model (CRM) |
biological material
Vocabulary: Getty Art and Architecture Thesaurus Open Context References: biological material |
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Creator
Vocabulary: DCMI Metadata Terms (Dublin Core Terms) |
Rebecca Haywood
Vocabulary: Database of non-human primate dietary studies |
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Spatial Coverage
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Subject
Vocabulary: DCMI Metadata Terms (Dublin Core Terms) |
Primates--Feeding and feeds
Vocabulary: Library of Congress Subject Headings Open Context References: Primates--Feeding and feeds |
Suggested Citation
Rebecca Haywood. (2020) "Ape 29 from Africa/Democratic Republic of Congo/Lomako Forest, Democratic Republic of Congo". In Database of non-human primate dietary studies. Rebecca Haywood (Ed). Released: 2020-08-21. Open Context. <https://opencontext.org/subjects/4e1d9135-e941-49e5-93b1-9355394d9966> ARK (Archive): https://n2t.net/ark:/28722/k2w66tf0s
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