Early introduction of hand-reared Gorillas Gorilla gorilla to conspecifics at Barcelona Zoo: General procedures and three case studies

International Zoo Yearbook

Volumn 43, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 159-175

  Abello M T ^a   Colell, M ^b  

^a Parc Zoologic de Barcelona   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Conspecifics; Gorilla; Hand reared; Introduction; Maternal care; Rearing; Reintroduction; Social skills

Indexed keywords

GORILLA GORILLA; LUINA;

EID: 59149088249     PISSN: 00749664     EISSN: 17481090     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1748-1090.2008.00079.x     Document Type: Article

References (21)

1. Abelló, M. (2007 Maternal training program results in two mother-reared infants for the first time. Gorilla Gazette 20 : 12.
2. Abelló, M. T. Colell, M. (2006a Analysis of factors that affect maternal behaviour and breeding success in great apes in captivity. International Zoo Yearbook 40 : 323 340.
3. Abelló, M. T. Colell, M. (2006b The influence of maternal background on breeding success in gorillas. International Zoo News 53 : 144 153.
4. Abelló, M. T., Holtkötter, M. Rietkerk, F. (2006 Gorilla management. In Gorilla-EEP husbandry guidelines : 37 64. Abelló, M. T., Bemment, N. Rietkerk, F. (Eds). Apeldoorn : Apenheul Primate Park (available for purchase via EAZA member area at).
5. Abelló, M. T., Colell, M. Martín, M. (2007 Integration of one hand-reared cherry-crowned mangabey Cercocebus torquatus torquatus and two hand-reared drills Mandrillus leucophaeus into their respective family groups at Barcelona Zoo. International Zoo Yearbook 41 : 156 165.
6. Baker, A. (1994 Variation in the parental care systems of mammals and the impact on zoo breeding programs. Zoo Biology 13 : 413 421.
7. Beck, B. Power, M. (1988 Correlates of sexual and maternal competence in captive gorillas. Zoo Biology 7 : 339 350.
8. Fossey, D. (1979 Development of the mountain gorilla (Gorilla gorilla beringei): the first thirty-six months. In The great apes : 139 184. Hamburg, D. A. McCown, E. R. (Eds). Menlo Park, CA : Benjamin/Cummings.
9. Holtkötter, M. Scharpf, G. (2005 Rearing gorillas in peer groups at the nursery of Stuttgart's Wilhelma Zoo. Gorilla Gazette 18 : 47 53.
10. Jendry, C. (1996 Utilization of surrogates to integrate hand-reared infant gorillas into an age/sex diversified group of conspecifics. Applied Animal Behaviour Science 48 : 173 186.
11. Louvet, S. (2003 Reproductive history of the gorilla EEP population 1947-2003. Romagne : La Vallée des Singes.
12. Maestripieri, D. (2001 Is there mother-infant bonding in primates? Developmental Review 21 : 93 120.
13. Meder, A. (1989 Effects of hand-rearing on the behavioral development of infant and juvenile gorillas (Gorilla g. gorilla). Developmental Psychobiology 22 : 357 376.
14. Meder, A. (1990 Integration of hand-reared gorilla infants into breeding groups. Zoo Biology 9 : 157 164.
15. Mellen, J. D. (1994 Surveys and interzoo studies used to address husbandry problems in some zoo vertebrates. Zoo Biology 13 : 459 470.
16. Novak, M. A. Sackett, G. P. (2006 The effects of rearing experiences: the early years. In Nursery rearing of nonhuman primates in the 21st century : 5 19. Sackett, G. P., Ruppenthal, G. C. Elias, K. (Eds). New York, NY : Springer Science+Business Media Inc.
17. Pryce, C. R. (1995 Determinants of motherhood in human and nonhuman primates. In Motherhood in human and nonhuman primates. Biosocial determinants : 1 15. Pryce, C. R., Martin, R. D. Skuse, D. (Eds). Basel : Karger.
18. Serrano, J. M. Iglesias, J. (1997 Aproximación al Significado de los Periodos Sensibles en el desarrollo del comportamiento. In Etología: bases biológicas de la conducta animal y humana : 85 112. Peláez del Hierro, F. Veà Baró, J. (Co-ordinators). Madrid : Ediciones Pirámide.
19. Vermeer, J. (Unpublished): Non-breeding gorillas of the EEP population. Report for the Gorilla EEP Committee, 2005.
20. Watts, D. P. (1989 Infanticide in mountain gorillas: new cases and a reconsideration of the evidence. Ethology 81 : 1 18.
21. Yamagiwa, J. Kahekwa, J. (2004 First observations of infanticides by a silverback in Kahuzi-Biega. Gorilla Journal. Journal of Berggorilla & Regenwald Direkthlife 29 : 6 9.