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Aveling, C. and A. H. Harcourt (1984). A census of the Virunga gorillas. Oryx 18(1): 8-13.

Beck B. et al. (2001). Great Apes & Humans. Washington, D.C.: Smithsonian Institution Press.

Briggs, P. and J. Booth. (2001). Rwanda, The Bradt Travel Guide.Guilford, Conn.: The Globe Pequot Press.

Byrne, R. W. (1994). Complex skills in wild mountain gorillas: Techniques for gathering plant food. Current Primatology, Vol. III: Behavioural Neuroscience, Physiology and Reproduction. Eds. J. R. Anderson, J. J. Roeder, B. Thierry and N. Herrenschmidt. Strasbourg Univ., Louis Pasteur. 51-59.

Byrne, R. W. (1995). Primate cognition: Comparing problems and skills. American Journal of Primatology 37: 127-141.

Byrne, R. W. (1995). The smart gorilla's recipe book. Natural History 104(10): 12-15.

Byrne, R. W. (1996). The misunderstood ape: Cognitive skills of the gorilla. Reaching into Thought. The minds of the great apes. Eds. A. E. Russon, K. A. Bard and S. T. Parker. Cambridge University Press. 111-130.

Byrne, R. W. and J. M. Byrne (1991). Hand preferences in the skilled gathering tasks of mountain gorillas, (Gorilla gorilla beringei). Cortex 27(4): 521-546.

Byrne, R. W. and J. M. E. Byrne (1993). Complex leaf-gathering skills of mountain gorillas (Gorilla g. beringei): Variability and standardization. American Journal of Primatology 31(4): 241-261.

Campbell, R. I. M. (1970). Mountain gorillas in Rwanda. Oryx 10: 256-257.

Caro, T. M. (1976). Observations of the ranging behavior and daily activity of lone silverback mountain gorillas (Gorilla gorilla beringei). Animal Behaviour 24: 889-897.

Czekala, N., V. A. Lance and M. Sutherland-Smith (1994). Diurnal urinary corticoid excretion in the human and gorilla. American Journal of Primatology 34: 29-34. KRC Publication #128.

Dondeyne, S. (1989). The soils and the vegetation of the Bisoke Volcano (Rwanda). MSc dissertation, Catholic University of Louvain (KU Leuven), Belgium. (in Dutch)

Dondeyne, S. (1989). A Study of the Soils and the Vegetation of the Bisoke Volcano (Rwanda). Report for Dian Fossey Gorilla Fund/Institute for Land and Water Management, Catholic University of Louvain (KU Leuven), Belgium

Dondeyne, S., J.A. Deckers & J. Chapelle (1993) The soils and the vegetation of the Bisoke volcano (Rwanda): habitat of mountain gorillas. Pedologie, 2: 301-322.

Elliott, R. C. (1976). Observations on a small group of mountain gorillas (Gorilla gorilla beringei). Folia Primatologica 25: 12-24.

Fletcher, A. W. (1994). The Social Development of Immature Mountain Gorillas (Gorilla gorilla beringei). Ph.D. dissertation, University of Bristol.

Fossey, D. (1972). Vocalizations of the mountain gorilla (Gorilla gorilla beringei). Animal Behaviour 20: 36-53.

Fossey, D. (1974). Observations on the home range of one group of mountain gorilla (Gorilla gorilla beringei). Animal Behaviour 22: 568-581.

Fossey, D. (1976). The Behaviour of the Mountain Gorilla. Ph.D. dissertation, University of Cambridge, England.

Fossey, D. (1976). Mountain gorilla research, 1967-1968. National Geographic Society Research Reports, 1968 Projects : 131-140.

Fossey, D. (1978). Mountain gorilla research, 1969-1970. National Geographic Society Research Report, 1969 Projects : 173-186.

Fossey, D. (1979). Development of the mountain gorilla (Gorilla gorilla beringei), through the first thirty-six months. Perspectives on Human Evolution, Vol. 5: The Great Apes Eds. D. A. Hamburg and E. R. McCown. Redwood City, California, The Benjamin-Cummings Publishing Company. 139-184.

Fossey, D. (1980). Mountain gorilla research, 1971-1972. National Geographic Society Research Report, 1971 Projects : 237-255.

Fossey, D. (1982). Mountain gorilla research, 1974. National Geographic Research Report, 1973 Projects 14: 243-258.

Fossey, D. (1983). Gorillas in the Mist. Boston, Houghton Mifflin.

Fossey, D. (1983). Mountain gorilla research, 1974. National Geographic Society Research Report, 1974 Projects 14: 243-258.

Fossey, D. (1984). Infanticide in mountain gorillas (Gorilla gorilla beringei) with comparative notes on chimpanzees. Infanticide, Comparative and Evolutionary Perspectives Eds. G. Hausfater and S. Blaffer-Hrdy. New York, Aldine. 217-235.

Fossey, D. (1984). Mountain gorilla research, 1977-1979. National Geographic Society Research Reports, 1976 Projects : 363-412.

Fossey, D. and A. H. Harcourt (1977). Feeding ecology of free-ranging mountain gorillas (Gorilla gorilla beringei). Primate Ecology: Studies of Feeding and Ranging Behaviour in Lemurs, Monkeys, And Apes Ed. T. H. Clutton-Brock. London, Academic Press. 415-447.

Fossey, D., A. H. Harcourt and K. J. Stewart (1982). Reproduction among free-living gorillas. American Journal of Primatology (Supplement 1): 97-104.

Gerald, C. N. (1995). Demography of the Virunga Mountain Gorilla (Gorilla gorilla beringei). Masters dissertation, Princeton University. KRC Publication #139.

Goodall, A. G. (1971). Preliminary report on the behavior and ecology of the mountain gorilla (Gorilla gorilla beringei ) in the Mount Visoke study area, Virunga Volcanoes. University of Liverpool, Zoology Dept. UK.

Goodall, A. G. (1974). Studies on the Ecology of the Mountain Gorilla (Gorilla gorilla beringei) in the Mount Kahuzi-Biega Region (Zaire) and Comparisons with the Mountain Gorillas of the Virunga Volcanoes. Ph.D. dissertation, University of Liverpool, UK.

Goodall, A. G. and C. P. Groves (1977). The Conservation of Eastern Gorillas. Primate Conservation Eds. P. Rainier III de Monaco and G. H. Bourne. NY,NY, Academic Press. 599-637.

Groom, A. F. G. (1973). Squeezing out the mountain gorillas. Oryx 12: 207-215.

Groves, C. P. and N. K. Humphrey (1973). Asymmetry in gorilla skulls: Evidence of lateralized brain function? Nature 244(5410): 53-54.

Groves, C. P. and J. Sabater Pi (1985). From ape's nest to human fix-point. Man 20(1): 22-47, 1985. 20(1): 22-47.

Groves, C. P. and K. W. Stott, Jr. (1979). Systematic relationships of gorillas from Kahuzi, Tshiaberimu and Kayonza. Folia Primatololgica 32: 161-179.

Hakizimana, F. (1987). Utilisation de l'Habitat par les Buffles du Parc National des Volcans: Nutrition et Distribution Altitudinales. Memoire de Licence en Biologie. dissertation, Université Nationale de Ruanda.

Harcourt, A. H. (1977). Social Relationships of Wild Mountain Gorillas. Ph.D. dissertation, University of Cambridge, England.

Harcourt, A. H. (1977). Virunga gorillas, the case against translocations. Oryx 13: 469-472.

Harcourt, A. H. (1978). Activity periods and patterns of social interaction: A neglected problem. Behaviour 66: 121-135.

Harcourt, A. H. (1978). Strategies of emigration and transfer by primates, with particular reference to gorillas.Zeitschrift Fur Tierpsychologie 48: 401-420.

Harcourt, A. H. (1979). Contrasts between male relationships in wild gorilla groups. Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology 5: 39-49.

Harcourt, A. H. (1979). The social relations and group structure of wild mountain gorillas. Perspective on Human Evolution, Vol. 5: The Great Apes. Eds. D. A. Hamburg and E. R. McCowan. Redwood City, California, Benjamin/Cummings Publishing Co. 187-192.

Harcourt, A. H. (1979). Social relationships among adult female mountain gorillas. Animal Behaviour 27: 251-264.

Harcourt, A. H. (1979). Social relationships between adult male and female mountain gorillas in the wild. Animal Behaviour 27: 325-342.

Harcourt, A. H. (1981). Intermale competition and the reproductive biology of the great apes. Reproductive Biology of the Great Apes, Comparative and Biomedical Perspectives Ed. C. E. Graham. New York, Academic Press. 301-318.

Harcourt, A. H. (1984). Conservation of the Virunga gorillas. IUCN/SSC Primate Specialist Group Newsletter 4: 36-37.

Harcourt, A. H. (1986). Gorilla conservation: Anatomy of a campaign. Primates: The Road to Self-Sustaining Populations. Ed. K. Benirschke. New York, Springer-Verlag. 31-46.

Harcourt, A. H. (1987). Behaviour of wild gorillas and their management in captivity. International Zoo Yearbook 26: 248-255.

Harcourt, A. H. (1988). Bachelor groups of gorillas in captivity: The situation in the wild. Dodo 25: 54-61.

Harcourt, A. H. (1995). Population viability estimates: Theory and practice for a wild gorilla population. Conservation Biology 9(1): 134-142. KRC Publication # H42/111.

Harcourt, A. H. and K. Curry-Lindahl (1979). Conservation of the mountain gorilla and its habitat in Rwanda. Environmental Conservation 6: 143-147.

Harcourt, A. H. and D. Fossey (1981). The Virunga gorillas: Decline of an island population. African Journal of Ecology 19: 83-97.

Harcourt, A. H., D. Fossey and J. Sabater-Pi (1981). Demography of Gorilla gorilla. Journal of Zoology 195: 215-233.

Harcourt, A. H., D. Fossey, K. J. Stewart and D. P. Watts (1980). Reproduction by wild gorillas and some comparisons with the chimpanzee. Journal of Reproduction and Fertility Supplement 28: 59-70.

Harcourt, A. H. and A. F. G. Groom (1972). Gorilla census.Oryx 11: 355-363.

Harcourt, A. H. and S. A. Harcourt (1984). Insectivory by gorillas. Folia Primatologica 43(4): 229-233.

Harcourt, A. H., J. Kineman, G. Campbell, J. Yamagiwa, I. Redmond and C. Aveling (1983). Conservation and the Virunga gorilla population. African Journal of Ecology 21(2): 139-142.

Harcourt, A. H. and K. J. Stewart (1978). Copraphagy by wild mountain gorillas. East African Wildlife Journal (now African Journal of Ecology) 16: 223-225.

Harcourt, A. H. and K. J. Stewart (1978). Sexual behavior of wild mountain gorillas. Recent Advances in Primatology Eds. D. J. Chivers and J. Herbert. London, Academic Press. 611-612.

Harcourt, A. H. and K. J. Stewart (1978). Social relations and group structure of wild mountain gorillas (Gorilla gorilla beringei). Comparative ecology and behavior of primates. Ed. M. Crook. London, Academic Press. 507-581.

Harcourt, A. H. and K. J. Stewart (1981). Gorilla male relationships: Can differences during immaturity lead to contrasting reproductive tactics in adulthood? Animal Behaviour 29: 206-210.

Harcourt, A. H. and K. J. Stewart (1983). Interactions, relationships and social structure: The great apes. Primate Social Relationships Ed. R. A. Hinde. Oxford, Blackwell Scientific Publications. 307-314.

Harcourt, A. H. and K. J. Stewart (1984). Gorillas' time feeding: Aspects of methodology, body size, competition and diet. African Journal of Ecology 22: 207-215.

Harcourt, A. H. and K. J. Stewart (1985). Competition and cooperation in a gorilla population. National Geographic Society Research Reports 20: 321-329.

Harcourt, A. H. and K. J. Stewart (1987). The influence of help in contests on dominance rank in primates: Hints from gorillas.Animal Behaviour 35:182-190.

Harcourt, A. H. and K. J. Stewart (1989). Functions of alliance in contests within wild gorilla groups. Behaviour 109(3-4): 176-190.

Harcourt, A. H. and K. J. Stewart (1992).Endangered species. Nature 354:10.

Harcourt, A. H. and K. J. Stewart (1996). Function and meaning of wild gorilla 'close' calls 2. correlations with rank and relatedness. Behaviour 133: 827-845.

Harcourt, A. H., K. J. Stewart and D. Fossey (1976). Male emigration and female transfer in wild mountain gorillas. Nature 263(5574): 226-227.

Harcourt, A. H., K. J. Stewart and D. Fossey (1981). Gorilla reproduction in the wild. Reproductive Biology of the Great Apes. Ed. C. E. Graham. New York, Academic Press. 265-279.

Harcourt, A. H., K. J. Stewart and D. E. Harcourt (1986). Vocalizations and social relationships in wild gorillas: A preliminary analysis. Current Perspectives in Primate Social Dynamics. Eds. D. M. Taub and F. A. King. New York, Van Nostrand Reinhold Company. 346-353.

Harcourt, A. H., K. J. Stewart and M. Hauser (1993). Functions of wild gorilla 'close' calls: Repertoire, context and interspecific comparison. Behaviour 124(1-2): 89-122. KRC Publication #H41/104.

Jost, C. (1987). Constraintes d'Amenagement en Region Volcanique Tropicale (La Chaine Centrale des Birunga au Ruanda). dissertation, University Louis Pasteur, Strasbourg et Université Nationale du Rwanda.

Karamuka, F. (1993). Variations Spatio-Temporelles des Activites Chez un Groupe de Gorilles de Montagne (Gorilla gorilla beringei) du Parc National des Volcans. Memoire de Licence en Biologie. dissertation, Université Nationale de Ruanda.

Mahaney, W., D. Watts and R. Hancock (1990). Geophagic behaviour of African mountain gorillas (Gorilla gorilla beringei) in the Virunga mountains, Rwanda. Primates 31(1): 113-120.

McNeilage, A. J. (1995). Mountain gorillas in the Virunga Volcanoes: Ecology and Carrying Capacity. Ph.D. dissertation, University of Bristol.

McNeilage, A. J. (1996). Ecotourism and mountain gorillas in the Virunga Volcanoes. The Exploitation on Mammal Populations Eds. V. Taylor and N. Dunstone. London, Chapman and Hall.

Nadler, R. D. (1986). Sex-related behavior of immature wild mountain gorillas. Developmental Psychobiology 19: 125-137.

Nadler, R. D. (1989). Sexual initiation in wild mountain gorillas. International Journal of Primatology 10(2): 81-92.

Nadler, R. D. (1995). The social nexus of immature wild mountain gorillas (Gorilla gorilla beringei). Anthropologie (Brno) XXXIII: 99-106.

Plumptre, A. (1995). The chemical composition of montane plants and its influence on the diet of the large mammalian herbivores in the parc National des Volcans, Rwanda. Journal of Zoology 235(2): 323-337.

Plumptre, A. J. (1991). Plant-Herbivore Dynamics in the Birungas. PhD dissertation, University of Bristol, Department of Zoology.

Plumptre, A. J. (1993). The effects of trampling damage by herbivores on the vegetation of the Parc National Des Volcans, Rwanda. African Journal of Ecology 32: 115-129.

Plumptre, A. J. (1996). Modelling the impact of large herbivores on the food supply of mountain gorillas and implications for management. Biological Conservation 75: 147-155.

Plumtre, A. J. and S. Harris (1995). Estimating the biomass of large mammalian herbivores in a tropical montane forest: a method of faecal counting that avoids assuming a 'steady state' system. Journal of Applied Ecology 32: 111-120.

Robbins, M. M. (1995). A demographic analysis of male life history and social structure of mountain gorillas. Behaviour 132(1-2): 21-47.

Robbins, M. M. (1996). Male-male interactions in heterosexual and all-male wild mountain gorilla groups. Ethology 102: 942-965. KRC Publication #138.

Robbins, M. M. (1996). The Social System of Mountain Gorillas: Variation in Male Life History, Social Behavior, and Steriod Hormone Profiles. Ph D dissertation, University of Wisconsin - Madison.

Robbins, M.M. (2001). Mountain Gorillas: Three Decades of Research at Karisoke. Cambridge University Press.

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Seyfarth, R., D. Cheney, A. Harcourt and K. Stewart (1994). The acoustic features of gorilla double grunts and their relation to behavior. American Journal of Primatology 33(1): 31-50. KRC Publication # 127.

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Sicotte, P. (1993). Inter-group encounters and female transfer in mountain gorillas: Influence of group composition on male behavior. American Journal of Primatology 30(1): 21-36. KRC Publication #102.

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Sicotte, P. (1995). Interpositions in conflicts between males in bimale groups of mountain gorillas. Folia Primatol 65: 114-24. KRC Publication #132.

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Stewart, K. J. (1988). Suckling and lactational anestrous in wild gorillas (Gorilla gorilla beringei).Journal of Reproduction and Fertility 83(2): 627-634.

Stewart, K. J. and A. H. Harcourt (1987). Gorillas: Variations in female relationships. Primate Societies Eds. B. B. Smuts, D. L. Cheney, R. M. Seyfarth, R. W. Wrangham and T. Struhsaker. Chicago, University of Chicago Press. 155-164.

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Stewart, K. J., A. H. Harcourt and D. P. Watts (1988). Determinants of fertility in wild gorillas and other primates. Natural Human Fertility: Social and Biological Determinants. Eds. P. Diggory, J. Potts and S. Teper. London, Macmillan Press. 22-38.

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Watts, D. P. (1984). Composition and variability of mountain gorilla diets in the central Virungas. American Journal of Primatology 7: 323-356.

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Watts, D. P. (1987). Effects of mountain gorilla foraging activities on the productivity of their food plant species. African Journal of Ecology 25(3): 155-163.

Watts, D. P. (1988). Environmental influences on mountain gorilla time budgets. American Journal of Primatology 15(3): 195-211.

Watts, D. P. (1989). Ant eating behavior of mountain gorillas. Primates 30(1): 121-125.

Watts, D. P. (1989). Infanticide in mountain gorillas: New cases and a reconsideration of the evidence. Ethology 81(1): 1-18.

Watts, D. P. (1990). Ecology of gorilla and its relation to female transfer in mountain gorillas. International Journal of Primatology 11(1): 21-45.

Watts, D. P. (1990). Mountain gorilla life histories, reproductive competition, and sociosexual behavior and some implication for captive husbandry. Zoo Biology 9(3): 185-200.

Watts, D. P. (1991). Harassment of immigrant female mountain gorillas by resident females. Ethology 89(2): 135-153.

Watts, D. P. (1991). Mountain gorilla reproduction and sexual behavior. American Journal of Primatology 24(3): 211-218.

Watts, D. P. (1991). Strategies of habitat use by mountain gorillas. Folia Primatologica 56(1): 1-16.

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Watts, D. P. (1994). Agonistic relationships between female mountain gorillas (Gorilla gorilla beringei). Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology 34(5): 347-358.

Watts, D. P. (1994). The influence of male mating tactics on habitat use in mountain gorillas (Gorilla gorilla beringei). Primates 35(1): 35-47.

Watts, D. P. (1994). Social relationships of immigrant and resident female mountain gorillas, II: Relatedness, residence, and relationships between females. American Journal of Primatology 32(1): 13-30.

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Yamagiwa, J. (1987). Intra- and inter-group interactions of an all-male group of Virunga mountain gorillas (Gorilla gorilla beringei). Primates 28(1): 1-30.

Yamagiwa, J. (1987). Male life history and the social structure of wild mountain gorillas (Gorilla gorilla beringei). Evolution and Coadaptation in Biotic Communities Ed. S. Kawano, J.H. Connell and T, Hidaka. Tokyo, Japan, University Tokyo Press. 31-51.

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Yamagiwa, J. (1992). Functional analysis of social staring behavior in all-male groups of mountain gorillas. Primates 33(4): 523-544.

Yamagiwa, J. (1994). Present situation and conservation of mountain and eastern lowland gorillas. Reichorui Kenkyu/ Primate Res (Japanese w/ English summary) 10(3): 347-362.

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