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Descriptive Attribute Value(s)
Grouping Ape
Observation Number (Open Context) 58
Subspecies Pan troglodytes troglodytes
Common name Central chimpanzee
Period of study October 1986 - September 1993
Country or Region Gabon
Method Feeding frequency and monthly phenology circuit
Wet season October - mid-December, mid-February - May (Williamson et al., 1990)
Dry season mid-June - mid-September
Environment Heterogeneous forest, with a dense understorey of herbs (Tutin & Fernandez 1993)
Altitude (m) 250 - 600 (Appendices - Great Ape Societies)
% Fruit 62.6
% Leaves 10.4
% Flowers 3.3
% Seeds 7.7
% Pith & stems 4.4
% Vertebrates 9.3
% Other 2.2
Fruit availability peak November - January (Tutin et al., 1991)
Low fruit availability mid-June - mid-September
Percentages Based on average diet composition
Notes Other includes bark, roots, wood, soil and fungi. Data taken from Table 1.
Reference Tutin et al., 1997
Full Reference
Tutin, C. E. G., Ham, R. M., White, L. J. and Harrison, M. J. (1997). The primate community of the Lopé Reserve, Gabon: diets, responses to fruit scarcity, and effects on biomass. American Journal of Primatology, 42: 1-24. [Available at: https://doi.org/10.1002/(SICI)1098-2345(1997)42:1%3C1::AID-AJP1%3E3.0.CO;2-0]
Suggested Citation

Rebecca Haywood. (2020) "Ape 58 from Africa/Gabon/Lope Reserve, Central Gabon". In Database of non-human primate dietary studies. Rebecca Haywood (Ed). Released: 2020-08-21. Open Context. <https://opencontext.org/subjects/b069a9ff-b3b1-4014-8493-898efbec36b1> ARK (Archive): https://n2t.net/ark:/28722/k2mw2sk7f

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