M. Robbins

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A standard protocol for describing individual-based and agent-based models
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This paper presents a proposed standard protocol, ODD, for describing IBMs and ABMs, developed and tested by 28 modellers who cover a wide range of fields. Expand
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Factors affecting the amount of genomic DNA extracted from ape faeces and the identification of an improved sample storage method
Genetic analysis using noninvasively collected samples such as faeces continues to pose a formidable challenge because of unpredictable variation in the extent to which usable DNA is obtained. We… Expand
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Generation times in wild chimpanzees and gorillas suggest earlier divergence times in great ape and human evolution
Fossils and molecular data are two independent sources of information that should in principle provide consistent inferences of when evolutionary lineages diverged. Here we use an alternative… Expand
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Mountain gorilla tug-of-war: silverbacks have limited control over reproduction in multimale groups.
To determine who fathers the offspring in wild mountain gorilla groups containing more than one adult male silverback, we genotyped nearly one-fourth (n = 92) of the mountain gorillas (Gorilla… Expand
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Social structure and life‐history patterns in western gorillas (Gorilla gorilla gorilla)
Life‐history traits and ecological conditions have an important influence on primate social systems. Most of what we know about the life‐history patterns and social structure of gorillas comes from… Expand
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Dietary Variability of Mountain Gorillas in Bwindi Impenetrable National Park, Uganda
Data on intraspecific dietary variability has important implications for understanding flexibility in foraging behavior, habitat utilization, population dynamics, and social behavior and may also… Expand
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Sympatric Chimpanzees (Pan troglodytes troglodytes) and Gorillas (Gorilla gorilla gorilla) in Loango National Park, Gabon: Dietary Composition, Seasonality, and Intersite Comparisons
Dietary overlap of sympatric apes is complex and understudied, but its examination is essential to further our understanding of species distribution, abundance, and community ecology. Over 3 yr we… Expand
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A demographic analysis of male life history and social structure of mountain gorillas
Twenty-five years of demographic data on free-ranging mountain gorillas (Gorilla gorilla beringei) from the Karisoke Research Center, Rwanda were used to assess male life histories and the variation… Expand
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Complex tool sets for honey extraction among chimpanzees in Loango National Park, Gabon.
Homo faber was once proposed as a label for humans specifically to highlight their unique propensity for tool use. However, new observations on complex tool use by the chimpanzees of Loango National… Expand
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Origin of the HIV-1 group O epidemic in western lowland gorillas
Significance Understanding emerging disease origins is important to gauge future human infection risks. This is particularly true for the various forms of the AIDS virus, HIV-1, which were… Expand
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