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Geophagia by mountain gorillas ( Gorilla gorilla beringei ) in the Virunga Mountains, Rwanda
dc.contributor.authorWatts, David P.en_US
dc.contributor.authorHancock, R. G. V.en_US
dc.contributor.authorMahaney, William C.en_US
dc.date.accessioned2006-09-08T19:26:31Z
dc.date.available2006-09-08T19:26:31Z
dc.date.issued1990-01en_US
dc.identifier.citationMahaney, William C.; Watts, David P.; Hancock, R. G. V.; (1990). "Geophagia by mountain gorillas ( Gorilla gorilla beringei ) in the Virunga Mountains, Rwanda." Primates 31(1): 113-120. <http://hdl.handle.net/2027.42/41606>en_US
dc.identifier.issn0032-8332en_US
dc.identifier.issn1610-7365en_US
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/2027.42/41606
dc.description.abstractMountain gorillas ( Gorilla gorilla beringei ) occasionally eat material from weathered regolith (subsoil) sediments in the Virunga Mountains of northwestern Rwanda. The possible nutritional significance of this behaviour has been investigated by analyzing the geochemistry, primary mineral composition, and clay content of several regolith and surface soil (paleosol) samples. Iron, Na, and Br content may be important in geophagy, and clay present in the soil may also have nutritional importance.en_US
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dc.publisherSpringer-Verlag; Japan Monkey Centreen_US
dc.subject.otherBehavioural Sciencesen_US
dc.subject.otherLife Sciencesen_US
dc.subject.otherZoologyen_US
dc.subject.otherEvolutionary Biologyen_US
dc.subject.otherAnimal Ecologyen_US
dc.titleGeophagia by mountain gorillas ( Gorilla gorilla beringei ) in the Virunga Mountains, Rwandaen_US
dc.typeArticleen_US
dc.subject.hlbsecondlevelEcology and Evolutionary Biologyen_US
dc.subject.hlbtoplevelScienceen_US
dc.description.peerreviewedPeer Revieweden_US
dc.contributor.affiliationumDepartment of Anthropology, University of Michigan, 48109, Ann Arbor, Michigan, U.S.A.en_US
dc.contributor.affiliationotherDepartment of Chemical Engineering and Applied Chemistry, University of Toronto, M5S 1A4, Toronto, Ontario, Canadaen_US
dc.contributor.affiliationotherGeomorphology and Pedology Laboratory, Atkinson College, York University, 4700 Keele Street, M3J 1P3, North York, Ontario, Canadaen_US
dc.contributor.affiliationumcampusAnn Arboren_US
dc.description.bitstreamurlhttp://deepblue.lib.umich.edu/bitstream/2027.42/41606/1/10329_2006_Article_BF02381034.pdfen_US
dc.identifier.doihttp://dx.doi.org/10.1007/BF02381034en_US
dc.identifier.sourcePrimatesen_US
dc.owningcollnameInterdisciplinary and Peer-Reviewed


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