Literatur
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Bücher in englischer Sprache (Auswahl)
Arcus Foundation (2014) Extractive industries and ape conservation. State of the Apes. Cambridge (Cambridge University Press).
Arcus Foundation (2015) State of the Apes - Industrial Agriculture and Ape Conservation. Cambridge (Cambridge University Press).
Arcus Foundation (2018) State of the Apes – Infrastructure Development and Ape Conservation. Cambridge (Cambridge University Press).
Arcus Foundation (2020) State of the Apes Volume IV: Killing, Capture, Trade and Conservation. Cambridge (Cambridge University Press).
Beck, B. B. et al. (Hrsg.) (2001) Great Apes & Humans. Washington, D. C. (Smithsonian Institution Press).
Bourne, G. H. & Cohen, M. (1975) The gentle giants. New York (Putnam's Sons).
Caldecott, J. & Miles, L. (Hrsg.) (2005) World Atlas of Great Apes. UNEP World Conservation Monitoring Centre. Berkeley, Los Angeles, London (University of California Press).
Dixson, A. F. (1981) The natural history of the gorilla. New York (Columbia University Press).
Eckhart, G. & Lanjouw, A. (2008) Mountain Gorillas: biology, conservation, and coexistence. Baltimore (The Johns Hopkins University Press).
Fossey, D. (1983) Gorillas in the mist. London (Hodder and Stoughton).
Galdikas, B. M. F. et al. (Hrsg.) (2001) All apes great and small. Vol. 1: African apes. New York (Kluwer Acad./Plenum).
Goodall, A. (1979) The wandering gorillas. London (Collins).
Groves, C. P. (1970) Gorillas. New York (Arco).
Harcourt, A. H. & Stewart, K. J. (2007) Gorilla society: conflict, compromise, and cooperation between the sexes. Chicago, London (University of Chicago Press).
Harvey, M. & Farris-Toussaint, L. (2008) Gorillas. The Gentle Giants. Evans Mitchell Books.
Jones, C. & Sabater Pi, J. (1971) Comparative ecology of Gorilla gorilla (Savage and Wyman) and Pan troglodytes (Blumenbach) in Rio Muni, West Africa). Basel (Karger).
Maple, T. & Hoff, M. P. (1982) Gorilla behavior. New York (Van Nostrand Reinhold).
Parker, S. T. (Hrsg.) (1999) The mentalities of gorillas and orangutans. Cambridge (Cambridge University Press).
Prince-Hughes, D. (2001) Gorillas among us. A primate ethnographer's book of days. Tucson (University of Arizona Press).
Robbins, M. M. & Boesch, C. (eds.) (2011) Among African Apes. Stories and photos from the field. Berkeley (University of California Press).
Robbins, M. M. et al. (Hrsg.) (2001) Mountain Gorillas. Three Decades of Research at Karisoke. Cambridge (Cambridge University Press).
Russon, A. & Wallis, J. (eds.; 2014) Primate Tourism: A Tool for Conservation? Cambridge (Cambridge University Press).
Schaller, G. B. (1963) The mountain gorilla. Chicago (Chicago University Press).
Taylor, A. B. & Goldsmith, M. L. (Hrsg.) (2003) Gorilla biology. Cambridge (Cambridge University Press).
Tuttle, R. H. (1986) Apes of the world. Noyes, Park Ridge.
Yamagiwa, J. & Karczmarski, L. (eds.) (2014) Primates and Cetaceans: Field Research and Conservation of Complex Mammalian Societies (Primatology Monographs). Springer.
Bücher in deutscher Sprache
Baumgärtel, W. (1960) König in Gorillaland. Stuttgart (Franckh).
Baumgärtel, W. (1977) Unter Gorillas. Berlin (Universitas).
Bourne, G. H. & Cohen, M. (1977) Die sanften Riesen. München (Kindler).
Bürgel, P. H. & Hartwig, M. (1989) Bei den Berggorillas. Luzern (Kinderbuchverlag).
Fossey, D. (1989) Gorillas im Nebel. München (Kindler).
Godwin, S. (1994) Gorillas. München (Karl Müller).
Haikal, M. (2013) Master Pongo. Ein Gorilla erobert Europa. Berlin (Transit).
Haikal, M. (2016) Unheimliche Nähe. Menschenaffen als europäische Sensation. Leipzig (Passage-Verlag).
Hess, J. (1989) Familie 5. Basel (Birkhäuser).
Hess, J. (1996) Menschenaffen Mutter und Kind. Basel (Friedrich Reinhardt Verlag).
Hess, J. (2011) Berggorillas - Eine Hommage. Basel (Echtzeit Verlag).
Ingensiep, H. W. (2013) Der kultivierte Affe. Philosophie, Geschichte und Gegenwart. Stuttgart (Hirzel).
Klotz, A. (2019) Perle Afrikas – Faszination Uganda. 3. Auflage. Rheinbach (Tipp4).
Klotz, A. & Klotz, A. (2010) Berggorillas. Zu Besuch bei unseren Verwandten (Kinderbuch). Rheinbach (Tipp 4).
Meder, A. (1993) Gorillas - Ökologie und Verhalten. Berlin, Heidelberg (Springer).
Robbins, M. & Boesch, C. (Hrsg.) (2013) Menschenaffen. Begegnung mit unseren nächsten Verwandten. Stuttgart (Hirzel).
Schaller, G. (1965) Unsere nächsten Verwandten. Bern (Scherz).
Schuler, C. (2013) Leben und Überleben im Kongo. Gorillaschutz und Familienleben im Krieg. Altdorf (BfT Verlag).
Sommer, V. & Ammann, K. (1998) Die großen Menschenaffen. München (BLV).
Anatomie
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Caillaud, D. et al. (2008) Influence of male morphology on male mating status and behavior during interunit encounters in western lowland gorillas. Amer. J. Phys. Anthropol. 135, 379-388.
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Fischer, R. B. et al. (1982) Evidence of laterality in the lowland gorilla. Perceptual and Motor Skills 54, 1093-1094.
Gould, K. G. & Martin, D. E. (1981) The female ape genital tract and its secretions. S. 105-125 in: Graham, D. (Hrsg.) Reproductive biology of the great apes: comparative and biomedical perspectives. New York (Academic Press).
Gregory, W. K. (Hrsg.) (1950) The anatomy of the gorilla. New York (Columbia University Press).
Hall-Craggs, E. C. B. (1962) The testis of Gorilla gorilla beringei. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 139, 511-514.
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Arcus Foundation (2015) State of the Apes - Industrial Agriculture and Ape Conservation. Cambridge (Cambridge University Press).
Arcus Foundation (2018) State of the Apes – Infrastructure Development and Ape Conservation. Cambridge (Cambridge University Press).
Arcus Foundation (2020) State of the Apes Volume IV: Killing, Capture, Trade and Conservation. Cambridge (Cambridge University Press).
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