Research publications of the Goualougo Triangle Ape Project
 

Sanz, C., Schoning, C. Morgan, D. 2009. Chimpanzees Prey on Army Ants with Specialized Tool Set. American Journal of Primatology 71:1-8. (download pdf )
Gillespie, T.R., Morgan, D., Vazquez-Prokopec, G., Cameron, K., Reed, T., Sanz, C. (in press). Legacy of logging and conservation in Equatorial Africa. EcoHealth.

Neel, C., Etienne, L., Li, Y., Takehisa, J., Rudicell, R. S., Ndong, I., Moudindo, J., Mebenga, A., Esteban, A., Van Heuverswyn, F., Liegeois, F., Kranzusch, P. J., Walsh, P. D., Sanz, C. M., Morgan, D. B., Ndjango, J. N., Plantier, J., Locatelli, S., Gonder, M. K., Leendertz, F. H., Boesch, C., Todd, A., Delaporte, E., Mpoudi, E., Hahn, B. H., Peeters, M. (in press). Molecular Epidemiology of Simian Immunodeficiency Virus Infection in Wild-living Gorillas. Journal of Virology.

Blinkova, O., Victoria, J., Yingying Li, Y., Keele, B. F., Sanz, C., Ndjango, J. N., Peeters, M., Lonsdorf, E. V., Wilson, M. L., Pusey, A. E., Hahn, B. H., Delwart, E. L. (in press). Novel circular DNA viruses in stool samples of wild-living chimpanzees. Journal of General Virology.

Sanz, C., Morgan, D. 2009. Flexible and persistent tool-using strategies in honey-gathering by wild chimpanzees. International Journal of Primatology 30: 411-427. (download pdf )
Sanz, C., Call, J., Morgan, D. (in press).  Design complexity in termite fishing tools of chimpanzees (Pan troglodytes).  Biology Letters. (download pdf )

Sanz, C., Morgan, D. (in press). Tool Using Strategies in Honey Gathering by Chimpanzees of the Ndoki Forests. International Journal of Primatology.

Sanz, C., Morgan, D. (in press). Complexity of chimpanzee tool using behaviors. Book chapter prepared for The Mind of the Chimpanzee: Ecological and Experimental Perspectives, edited by E. V. Lonsdorf, S. R. Ross, and T. Matsuzawa.

Devos, C., Sanz, C., Morgan, D., Onononga, J. R., Laporte, N., Huynen, M. C. 2008. Comparing ape densities in Northern Congo: Surveys of sympatric gorillas and chimpanzees in the Ndoki and Odzala Regions. American Journal of Primatology 70: 1-13. (download pdf )
Liu, W., Worobey, M., Li1, Y., Keele, B. F., Bibollet-Ruche, F., Guo1, Y., Goepfert, P. A., Santiago, M. L., Ndjango, J. N., Neel, C., Clifford, S. L., Sanz, C., Kamenya, S., Wilson, M. L., Pusey, A. E., Gross-Camp, N., Boesch, C., Smith, V., Zamma, K., Huffman, M. A., Mitani, J. C., Watts, D. P., Peeters, M., Shaw, G. M., Switzer, W. M., Sharp, P. M., Hahn, B. H. 2008. Molecular ecology and natural history of Simian Foamy Virus infection in wild-living chimpanzees. PLoS Pathogens 4(7): e1000097. doi:10.1371/journal.ppat.1000097 (download pdf )

Morgan, D., Sanz, C. 2007. Best Practice Guidelines for Reducing the Impact of Commercial Logging on Wild Apes in West Equatorial Africa. Gland, Switzerland: IUCN/SSC Primate Specialist Group (PSG). 32 pp. (download pdf )

Sanz, C., Morgan, D. 2007. Chimpanzee tool technology in the Goualougo Triangle, Republic of Congo. Journal of Human Evolution 52 (4): 420-433. (download pdf )

Sanz, C., Morgan, D., Strindberg, S., Onononga, J. R. 2007. Distinguishing between the nests of sympatric chimpanzees and gorillas in the Goualougo Triangle, Republic of Congo. Journal of Applied Ecology 44: 263-272. (download pdf )

Walsh, P. D., Breuer, T., Sanz, C., Morgan, D., Doran-Sheehy, D. 2007. Potential for ebola transmission between gorilla and chimpanzee social groups. American Naturalist 169(5): 684-689. (download pdf )

Morgan, D., Sanz, C., Onononga, J.R., Strindberg, S. 2006. Ape abundance and habitat use in the Goualougo Triangle, Republic of Congo. International Journal of Primatology 27(1): 147-179. (download pdf )

Morgan, D., Sanz, C. 2006. Chimpanzee feeding ecology and comparisons with sympatric gorillas in the Goualougo Triangle, Republic of Congo. Primate Feeding Ecology in Apes and Other Primates: Ecological, Physiological, and Behavioural Aspects, edited by G. Hohmann, M. Robbins, and C. Boesch, pp. 97-122. (download pdf )

Tutin, C. E. G., Stokes, E., Boesch, C., Walsh, P., Morgan, D., Sanz, C., Blake, S., Kormos, R. 2005. Regional Action Plan for the Conservation of Gorillas and Chimpanzees in Western Equatorial Africa. Conservation International. (download pdf )

Sanz, C., Morgan, D., Gulick, S. 2004. New Insights into chimpanzees, tools, and termites from the Congo Basin. American Naturalist 164: 567-581. (download pdf )

Morgan, D., Sanz, C. 2003. Naive encounters with chimpanzees in the Goualougo Triangle, Republic of Congo. International Journal of Primatology 24(2): 369-381. (download pdf )

Available in French

Morgan, D., Sanz, C. 2007. Best Practice Guidelines for Reducing the Impact of Commercial Logging on Wild Apes in West Equatorial Africa. Gland, Switzerland: IUCN/SSC Primate Specialist Group (PSG). 32 pp. (download pdf )

Morgan, D., Sanz, C., Onononga, J.R., Strindberg, S. 2006. Ape Abundance and Habitat Use in the Goualougo Triangle, Republic of Congo. International Journal of Primatology 27(1): 147-179. (download pdf )

Tutin, C. E. G., Stokes, E., Boesch, C., Walsh, P., Morgan, D., Sanz, C., Blake, S., Kormos, R. 2005. Regional Action Plan for the Conservation of Gorillas and Chimpanzees in Western Equatorial Africa. Conservation International. (download pdf )

Sanz, C., Morgan, D., Gulick, S. 2004. New Insights into Chimpanzees, Tools, and Termites from the Congo Basin. American Naturalist 164: 567-581. (download pdf )

Morgan, D., Sanz, C. 2003. Naive encounters with chimpanzees in the Goualougo Triangle, Republic of Congo. International Journal of Primatology 24(2): 369-381. (download pdf )