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Gorillas in the mist / Dian Fossey.

By: Material type: TextTextPublication details: Boston, Mass. : Houghton Mifflin, 1983.Description: xviii, 326 p., [80] p. of plates : ill. ; 24 cmISBN:
  • 0395282179 :
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 599.88/460451 19
LOC classification:
  • QL737.P96 F67 1983
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.
Holdings
Item type Current library Call number Copy number Status Date due Barcode
Books (30-Day Checkout) Books (30-Day Checkout) Nash Library General Stacks QL737.P96F67 1983 1 Available 33710000612445

Includes index.

Bibliography: p. [287]-311.

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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.