The maps, photos, and data here are accurate to the best of our knowledge. Site report information is mostly from McGrew et. al. (1996), Great Ape Societies (Cambridge University Press) but with some additions/modifications though, and one should check that book for citation purposes (and contact Jim Moore for explanation of discrepancies).

The initial emphasis is on the Tanzanian sites of Gombe, Mahale, and Ugalla (mainly because I've been to all of them and have photos). I don't consider these sites "done" but they do give an idea of what I'm aiming at.

 CONTRIBUTIONS are very welcome, both "filling in the blanks" that exist within the current format, and suggesting additional site data that would be useful to include here. Ideally, each study site would be represented by 6-8 habitat photos, a topographical map, aerial photos, a listing of plant & animal taxa, and as much climatological data as possible (to get at variability). Any researchers who can contribute to this, either advice or materials, please contact me; I can handle any scanning, formatting etc needed at this end. Email: jjmoore@ucsd.edu

Site bibliographies are welcome, especially if they include "non-obvious" references: works on ecology, geology, history, non-primate taxa, etc. Ideally these would be sent to me in EndNote-compatible format, but any electronic format is OK. Eventually we (Greg Laden has kindly offered to help) will get them into EndNote and then be able to offer both alphabetical and chronological versions.

If you arrived at this page directly from "outside", you might want to check with the cover page for some miscellaneous details about what this site is intended to accomplish, who it is aimed at and all that good stuff.

 

West Africa	Central Africa	East Africa
Tai NP, Ivory Coast	Kahuzi-Biega NP, D. R. Congo	Gombe NP, Tanzania
Bafing Region, Mali	Lomako, D. R. Congo	Mahale Mountains NP, Tanzania
Mt. Assirik, Senegal	Wamba, D. R. Congo	Ugalla, Tanzania
Bossou, Guinea	Nouabale-Ndoki, R. P. Congo	Kibale NP, Uganda
Nimba Mtns, Guinea/Ivory Coast/Liberia	Lope, Gabon	Budongo Forest Reserve, Uganda
	Lukuru, D. R. Congo Note: this is to an external link; site entry here is in progress.	Bwindi-Impenetrable Forest, Uganda
	Mbeli Bai (site in Nouabale-Ndoki NP, R. P. Congo)	Semliki, Uganda
		Karisoke NP, Rwanda
		Ishasha R., D. R. Congo

Can't find a site? It takes a while for (a) new study sites to become established and start publishing, and (b) me to update this website. In the meantime, for brief updates etc. see Gorilla Conservation News and for chimpanzees, see Pan Africa News. Heck, subscribe to (i.e., support) them! ALSO, have a look at MK Holder's site descriptions and photos at East African Research Sites; she has information on Ishasha, Kibale, and Karisoke.

Regional and continental-scale maps

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Acknowledgments

The nature of this web site makes it difficult to thank in a general way all those agencies, governments and people without whom the work would be impossible. I am also concerned that if some site pages have acknowledgments while others do not (perhaps because the relevant PIs are in the field without web access), the later might seem ungrateful. For these reasons at least initially I want to establish a general rule that funding agencies and governments not be specifically acknowledged here--while noting that all of us deeply appreciate their support and permission.

That said, one foundation does deserve specific mention: the LSB Leakey Foundation has supported field research on African apes at many sites in many countries, and has probably contributed to the great majority of the studies included here.

Last update: 28 Jan 1999