Gorillas in the mist / Dian Fossey.
Material type: TextPublication details: Boston, Mass. : Houghton Mifflin, 1983.Description: xviii, 326 p., [80] p. of plates : ill. ; 24 cmISBN:- 0395282179 :
- 599.88/460451 19
- QL737.P96 F67 1983
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Includes index.
Bibliography: p. [287]-311.
WAR, NEWBERY,
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.