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Traditional Knowledge Systems and the Conservation of Cross River Gorillas: a Case Study of Bechati, Fossimondi, Besali, Cameroon Vrije Universiteit Brussel
Traditional beliefs associated with the Cross River gorilla (Gorilla gorilla diehli) in Lebialem Division, Cameroon, were studied to establish the usefulness of incorporating these local belief systems into the conservation strategy for this critically endangered species. A survey was conducted in 2007 in five villages to assess local perceptions of human-gorilla totemic kinship practices and taboos against hunting and against eating of ...
Traditional Knowledge Systems and the Conservation of Cross River Gorillas: a Case Study of Bechati, Fossimondi, Besali, Cameroon Koninklijke Maatschappij voor Dierkunde van Antwerpen
Traditional beliefs associated with the Cross River gorilla (Gorilla gorilla diehli) in Lebialem Division, Cameroon, were studied to establish the usefulness of incorporating these local belief systems into the conservation strategy for this critically endangered species. A survey was conducted in 2007 in five villages to assess local perceptions of human-gorilla totemic kinship practices and taboos against hunting and against eating of ...
The systematics and evolution of the Sri Lankan rainforest land snail Corilla Universiteit Antwerpen
The stylommatophoran land-snail genus Corilla is endemic to Sri Lanka and India's Western Ghats. On the basis of habitat distribution and shell morphology, the 10 extant Sri Lankan species fall into two distinct groups, lowland and montane. Here, we use phylogenetic analyses of restriction-site-associated DNA sequencing (RADseq) data and ancestral-state reconstructions of habitat association and shell morphology to clarify the systematics and ...
Discovery of Novel Herpes Simplexviruses in Wild Gorillas, Bonobos, and Chimpanzees Supports Zoonotic Origin of HSV-2 Koninklijke Maatschappij voor Dierkunde van Antwerpen
Viruses closely related to human pathogens can reveal the origins of human infectious diseases. Human herpes simplexvirus type 1 (HSV-1) and type 2 (HSV-2) are hypothesized to have arisen via host-virus codivergence and cross-species transmission. We report the discovery of novel herpes simplexviruses during a large-scale screening of fecal samples from wild gorillas, bonobos, and chimpanzees. Phylogenetic analysis indicates that, contrary to ...