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" Gorillas in the mist / "
Dian Fossey.
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BL
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1022074
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b776444
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| Main Entry
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Fossey, Dian
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Gorillas in the mist /\ Dian Fossey.
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| Publication Statement
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Boston, Mass. :: Houghton Mifflin,, 1983.
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, ©1983
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xviii, 326 pages, 80 unnumbered pages of plates :: illustrations ;; 24 cm
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0395282179
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: 0395366380
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: 0395489288
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: 9780395366387
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: 9780395489284
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: 9780618083602
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0395292179
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 287-311) and index.
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| Contents
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Preface -- In the mountain meadow of Carl Akeley and George Schaller -- Second beginning: Karisoke Research Centre, Rwanda -- Karisoke field impressions -- Three generations of one gorilla family: group 5 -- Wild orphans bound for captivity: Coco and Pucker -- Animal visitors to the Karisoke Research Centre -- The natural demise of two gorilla families: group 8 and 9 -- Human visitors to the Karisoke Research Centre -- Adjustment to a new silverback leader: group 4 -- Growing family stability: group 4 -- Decimation by poachers: group 4 -- Formation of a new family lends hope: Nunkie's group -- Epilogue -- Appendixes: -- A. Food vegetation types -- B. Birth frequency graph -- C. Rainfall distribution in the Virungas -- D. 1981 census findings -- E. Common gorilla vocalizations -- F. Autopsy findings -- G. Parasitology research -- Bibliography -- Index -- Maps: Habitats of the mountain gorilla ; Gorilla food vegetation zones ; Gorilla group ranges -- Family lines.
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| Abstract
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Describes four gorilla families living in the rain forests of the Virunga mountains of Rwanda during a fifteen-year case study.
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Gorilla-- Behavior.
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Mammals-- Behavior.
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Gorilla-- Behavior.
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Behavior, Animal.
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Gorilla gorilla.
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Berggorilla
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Gorilla-- Behavior.
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Mammals-- Behavior.
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Verhalten
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Berggorilla.
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Verhalten.
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Virungavulkane
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Virungavulkane.
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| Dewey Classification
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599.88/460451
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| LC Classification
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QL737.P96F67 1983
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QL 737 P96 F752g 1983
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WT 2039rvk
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