Early brain growth cessation in wild virunga mountain gorillas (Gorilla beringei beringei)

American Journal of Primatology

Volumn 75, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 450-463

  Mcfarlin, Shannon C ^a   Barks, Sarah K ^a   Tocheri, Matthew W ^b   Massey, Jason S ^c   Eriksen, Amandine B ^d   Fawcett, Katie A ^e   Stoinski, Tara S ^e,f   Hof, Patrick R ^g   Bromage, Timothy G ^h   Mudakikwa, Antoine ⁱ   Cranfield, Michael R ^j   Sherwood, Chet C ^a  

^a THE GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b DEPARTMENT OF PALEOBIOLOGY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF INDIANAPOLIS   (United States)

^e Dian Fossey Gorilla Fund International   (United States)

^f ZOO ATLANTA   (United States)

^g MOUNT SINAI SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^h NEW YORK UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF DENTISTRY   (United States)

ⁱ Rwanda Development Board   (Rwanda)

^j UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

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Author keywords

Brain growth; Life history; Mountain gorillas

Indexed keywords

BODY SIZE; BRAIN; LIFE HISTORY; ONTOGENY; PRIMATE; SAMPLING; WILD POPULATION;

AGING; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BRAIN; DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC CONGO; FEMALE; GORILLA; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; MALE; PHYSIOLOGY; RWANDA; UGANDA; WILD ANIMAL;

AGING; ANIMALS; ANIMALS, WILD; BRAIN; DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF THE CONGO; FEMALE; GORILLA GORILLA; MALE; RWANDA; UGANDA;

GORILLA GORILLA BERINGEI; HOMINIDAE; HOMINOIDEA; PAN;

EID: 84875669291     PISSN: 02752565     EISSN: 10982345     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ajp.22100     Document Type: Article

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