Gorillas in the mist
Describes four gorilla families living in the rain forests of the Virunga mountains of Rwanda during a fifteen-year case study.
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Boston, Mass. :
Houghton Mifflin,
1983.
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Table of Contents:
- Preface
- In the mountain meadow of Carl Akeley and George Schaller
- Second beginning: Karisoke Research Centre, Rwanda
- Karisoke field impressions
- Three generations of one gorilla family: group 5
- Wild orphans bound for captivity: Coco and Pucker
- Animal visitors to the Karisoke Research Centre
- The natural demise of two gorilla families: group 8 and 9
- Human visitors to the Karisoke Research Centre
- Adjustment to a new silverback leader: group 4
- Growing family stability: group 4
- Decimation by poachers: group 4
- Formation of a new family lends hope: Nunkie's group
- Epilogue
- Appendixes:
- A. Food vegetation types
- B. Birth frequency graph
- C. Rainfall distribution in the Virungas
- D. 1981 census findings
- E. Common gorilla vocalizations
- F. Autopsy findings
- G. Parasitology research
- Bibliography
- Index
- Maps: Habitats of the mountain gorilla ; Gorilla food vegetation zones ; Gorilla group ranges
- Family lines.
