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| Title |
Vertebrate DNA in Fecal Samples from Bonobos and Gorillas: Evidence for Meat Consumption or Artefact?
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| Published in |
PLOS ONE, February 2010
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| DOI | 10.1371/journal.pone.0009419 |
| Pubmed ID | |
| Authors |
Michael Hofreiter, Eva Kreuz, Jonas Eriksson, Grit Schubert, Gottfried Hohmann |
| Abstract |
Deciphering the behavioral repertoire of great apes is a challenge for several reasons. First, due to their elusive behavior in dense forest environments, great ape populations are often difficult to observe. Second, members of the genus Pan are known to display a great variety in their behavioral repertoire; thus, observations from one population are not necessarily representative for other populations. For example, bonobos (Pan paniscus) are generally believed to consume almost no vertebrate prey. However, recent observations show that at least some bonobo populations may consume vertebrate prey more commonly than previously believed. We investigated the extent of their meat consumption using PCR amplification of vertebrate mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA) segments from DNA extracted from bonobo feces. As a control we also attempted PCR amplifications from gorilla feces, a species assumed to be strictly herbivorous. |
X Demographics
The data shown below were collected from the profiles of 11 X users who shared this research output. Click here to find out more about how the information was compiled.
Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| United States | 2 | 18% |
| United Kingdom | 1 | 9% |
| Australia | 1 | 9% |
| Belgium | 1 | 9% |
| Brazil | 1 | 9% |
| Unknown | 5 | 45% |
Demographic breakdown
| Type | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Members of the public | 9 | 82% |
| Scientists | 2 | 18% |
Mendeley readers
The data shown below were compiled from readership statistics for 112 Mendeley readers of this research output. Click here to see the associated Mendeley record.
Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| United States | 3 | 3% |
| Brazil | 2 | 2% |
| Japan | 2 | 2% |
| South Africa | 1 | <1% |
| Belgium | 1 | <1% |
| Australia | 1 | <1% |
| Finland | 1 | <1% |
| Romania | 1 | <1% |
| Unknown | 100 | 89% |
Demographic breakdown
| Readers by professional status | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Researcher | 26 | 23% |
| Student > Ph. D. Student | 20 | 18% |
| Student > Master | 14 | 13% |
| Professor | 13 | 12% |
| Professor > Associate Professor | 10 | 9% |
| Other | 21 | 19% |
| Unknown | 8 | 7% |
| Readers by discipline | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Agricultural and Biological Sciences | 55 | 49% |
| Psychology | 12 | 11% |
| Environmental Science | 9 | 8% |
| Social Sciences | 5 | 4% |
| Business, Management and Accounting | 4 | 4% |
| Other | 13 | 12% |
| Unknown | 14 | 13% |
Attention Score in Context
This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 12. This is our high-level measure of the quality and quantity of online attention that it has received. This Attention Score, as well as the ranking and number of research outputs shown below, was calculated when the research output was last mentioned on 13 April 2023.
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#2,800,426
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#35,600
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#11,013
of 95,299 outputs
Outputs of similar age from PLOS ONE
#151
of 663 outputs
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