| Descriptive Attribute | Value(s) |
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| Grouping | Ape |
| Observation Number (Open Context) | 23 |
| Subspecies | Gorilla gorilla gorilla |
| Common name | Western gorilla |
| Period of study | December 2004 - October 2005 |
| Country or Region | Democratic Republic of Congo |
| Method | Focal observation and nutritional analyses |
| Wet season | March - October (Doran et al., 2002) |
| Dry season | December - February (Doran et al., 2002) |
| Environment | Mixed species semi-evergreen forest, monodominant and swamp forests |
| Altitude (m) | <400 |
| % Fruit | 36.2 |
| % Leaves | 30.6 |
| % Herbs | 26.8 |
| % Invertebrates | 7.7 |
| Fruit availability peak | July - September |
| Low fruit availability | October - June |
| Percentages | Based on time spent feeding |
| Notes | Percentages are an average of male and female consumption |
| Reference | Doran-Sheehy et al., 2009 |
| Scanning method | Recorded data instantaneously at 1-minute intervals during each of four 10-minute sampling periods each hour. |
| Full Reference |
Doran-Sheehy, D. M., Mongo, P., Lodwick, J., Conklin-Brittain, N. L. (2009). Male and female western gorilla diet: preferred foods, use of fallback resources, and implications for ape versus Old World Monkey foraging strategies. American Journal of Physical Anthropology, 140: 727-738. [Available at: https://doi.org/10.1002/ajpa.21118]
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Has taxonomic identifier
Vocabulary: Food Ontology |
Gorilla gorilla gorilla
Vocabulary: Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF) - Species Open Context References: Gorilla gorilla gorilla |
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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
Vocabulary: DCMI Metadata Terms (Dublin Core Terms) |
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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 23 from Africa/Democratic Republic of Congo/Mondika, Dzanga-Ndoki National Park, Republic of Congo". In Database of non-human primate dietary studies. Rebecca Haywood (Ed). Released: 2020-08-21. Open Context. <https://opencontext.org/subjects/f9fa3e47-d428-4714-9628-f287a6b217e4> ARK (Archive): https://n2t.net/ark:/28722/k23r16z9w
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