Sleep and nesting behavior in primates: A review

B Fruth, N Tagg, F Stewart - American Journal of Physical …, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
Sleep is a universal behavior in vertebrate and invertebrate animals, suggesting it originated
in the very first life forms. Given the vital function of sleep, sleeping patterns and sleep …

The M ethod of L ocal R estriction: in search of potential great ape culture‐dependent forms

A Motes‐Rodrigo, C Tennie - Biological Reviews, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Humans possess a perhaps unique type of culture among primates called cumulative
culture. In this type of culture, behavioural forms cumulate changes over time, which …

A Thermodynamic Comparison of Arboreal and Terrestrial Sleeping Sites for Dry‐Habitat Chimpanzees (Pan troglodytes schweinfurthii) at the Toro‐Semliki Wildlife …

DR Samson, KD Hunt - American Journal of Primatology, 2012 - Wiley Online Library
The nightly construction of an arboreal sleeping platform (SP) has been observed among
every chimpanzee's population studied to date. Here, we report on bioclimatic aspects of SP …

[PDF][PDF] Gorilla gorilla (amended version of 2016 assessment). The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2018: e. T9404A136250858

F Maisels, RA Bergl, EA Williamson - … : International Union for …, 2018 - researchgate.net
Gorilla gorilla has a large geographic range, covering over 700,000 km². The size of the
population in 2013 was estimated to be almost 362,000 individuals (Strindberg et al. 2018) …

Savanna chimpanzees adjust sleeping nest architecture in response to local weather conditions

FA Stewart, AK Piel, JC Azkarate… - American Journal of …, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
Objectives Great ape nests are hypothesized to aid safe, secure sleep via providing
thermoregulation or protection from predators and vectors. We aimed to describe and …

Nest Grouping Patterns of Bonobos (Pan paniscus) in Relation to Fruit Availability in a Forest-Savannah Mosaic

A Serckx, MC Huynen, JF Bastin, A Hambuckers… - PloS one, 2014 - journals.plos.org
A topic of major interest in socio-ecology is the comparison of chimpanzees and bonobos'
grouping patterns. Numerous studies have highlighted the impact of social and …

Revised regional action plan for the conservation of the Cross River Gorilla (Gorilla gorilla diehli) 2014–2019

A Dunn, R Bergl, D Byler, S Eben-Ebai, DN Etiendem… - 2014 - dspace.stir.ac.uk
Revised Regional Action Plan for the Conservation of the Cross River Gorilla (Gorilla gorilla
diehli) 2014–2019 Page 1 Fewer than 300 left Today, the total population of Cross River …

Deciding Where to Sleep: Spatial Levels of Nesting Selection in Chimpanzees (Pan troglodytes) Living in Savanna at Issa, Tanzania

RA Hernandez-Aguilar, T Reitan - International Journal of Primatology, 2020 - Springer
To understand how animals select resources we need to analyze selection at different
spatial levels or scales in the habitat. We investigated which physical characteristics of trees …

Plant selection for nest building by western lowland gorillas in Cameroon

J Willie, N Tagg, CA Petre, Z Pereboom, L Lens - Primates, 2014 - Springer
We examined 834 nests built by western lowland gorillas in Cameroon between July 2008
and July 2011 to identify the plant species used in their construction. Preference for each …

Understanding the nesting spatial behaviour of gorillas in the Kagwene Sanctuary, Cameroon

N Funwi-Gabga, J Mateu - Stochastic Environmental Research and Risk …, 2012 - Springer
We use spatial point pattern methods to analyse gorilla nest site data, and to enhance our
understanding of the nesting behaviour of the Gorilla gorilla diehli in the Kagwene …