"Gorilla gorilla" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
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This single species of Gorilla, which is a member of the HOMINIDAE family, is the largest and most powerful of the PRIMATES. It is distributed in isolated scattered populations throughout forests of equatorial Africa.
| Descriptor ID |
D006071
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| MeSH Number(s) |
B01.050.150.900.649.313.988.400.112.400.375
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| Concept/Terms |
Gorilla gorilla- Gorilla gorilla
- Gorilla gorillas
- gorillas, Gorilla
- Gorillas
- Gorilla
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| Year | Major Topic | Minor Topic | Total |
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| 2003 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2009 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 2011 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2018 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Gorilla gorilla" by people in Profiles.
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Why human environments enhance animal capacities to use objects: Evidence from keas (Nestor notabilis) and apes (Gorilla gorilla, Pan paniscus, Pongo abelii, Pongo pygmaeus). J Comp Psychol. 2018 11; 132(4):419-426.
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Local traditions in gorilla manual skill: evidence for observational learning of behavioral organization. Anim Cogn. 2011 Sep; 14(5):683-93.
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Why do gorillas make sequences of gestures? Anim Cogn. 2010 Mar; 13(2):287-301.
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Gestural communication of the gorilla (Gorilla gorilla): repertoire, intentionality and possible origins. Anim Cogn. 2009 May; 12(3):527-46.
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Imitation as behaviour parsing. Philos Trans R Soc Lond B Biol Sci. 2003 Mar 29; 358(1431):529-36.
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Hand preferences in the skilled gathering tasks of mountain gorillas (Gorilla g. berengei). Cortex. 1991 Dec; 27(4):521-46.