image: Silverback Kighoma (center) and the rest of GRACE gorilla group were rescued from the illegal wildlife trade and now reside at the Gorilla Rehabilitation and Conservation Education Center (GRACE) sanctuary in the Democratic Republic of the Congo.
Credit: Gorilla Rehabilitation and Conservation Education Center (GRACE) sanctuary CC-BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/)
Social networks of sanctuary-living Grauer’s gorillas provide unique insights into the behavior of a critically endangered species and inform on their care and future release.
Adult female gorillas are at the centre of social networks in a sanctuary-living Grauer's Gorilla group, according to social network analysis which also finds them to be the most gregarious.
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Article URL: https://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0295561
Article Title: Group structure and individual relationships of sanctuary-living Grauer’s gorillas (Gorilla beringei graueri)
Author Countries: Democratic Republic of the Congo, USA
Funding: The authors received no specific funding for this work.
Journal
PLOS ONE
Article Title
Group structure and individual relationships of sanctuary-living Grauer’s gorillas (Gorilla beringei graueri)
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The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.