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How Different Are Gashaka's Baboons? Forest and Open Country Populations Compared (2010)
Book Chapter
Ross, C., Warren, Y., Maclarnon, A. M., & Higham, J. P. (2011). How Different Are Gashaka's Baboons? Forest and Open Country Populations Compared. In V. Sommer, & C. Ross (Eds.), Primates of Gashaka: Socioecology and Conservation in Nigeria’s Biodiversity Hotspot (385-411). Springer Verlag. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4419-7403-7_9

Our long-term study of baboons in Gashaka Gumti National Park (GGNP) is one of very few that looks at West African baboons, and is also unusual because it focuses on animals living in a forested environment with high annual rainfall. Here, we present... Read More about How Different Are Gashaka's Baboons? Forest and Open Country Populations Compared.

Crop-raiding and Commensalism in Olive Baboons: The Costs and Benefits of Living with Humans (2010)
Book Chapter
Warren, Y., Higham, J. P., Maclarnon, A. M., & Ross, C. (2011). Crop-raiding and Commensalism in Olive Baboons: The Costs and Benefits of Living with Humans. In V. Sommer, & C. Ross (Eds.), Primates of Gashaka: Socioecology and Conservation in Nigeria’s Biodiversity Hotspot (359-384). Springer Verlag. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4419-7403-7_8

We investigated the causes and consequences of crop-raiding for the ecology and life-history of two troops of olive baboons studied in Nigeria’s Gashaka Gumti National Park over 8 years. Kwano troop feeds entirely on wild foods whilst the Gamgam troo... Read More about Crop-raiding and Commensalism in Olive Baboons: The Costs and Benefits of Living with Humans.