Salima Kerai, Alisa Almas, Martin Guhn, Barry Forer, Eva Oberle
Screen time and developmental health: results from an early childhood study in Canada
BMC public health
study individual social relationships group structure provides insights species natural history inform management decisions animals living human care gorilla rehabilitation conservation education grace center provides permanent sanctuary group 14 grauers gorillas gorilla beringei graueri critically endangered poorly studied subspecies genus gorilla democratic republic congo monitored association patterns gorillas grace eight months describe individual relationships group structure via multiple social network statistics group highly connected associations individuals weak average social network metrics describe adult female gregarious socially central individual within group fact adult females gregarious socially central average group level association patterns significantly correlated study period across observation types suggesting group socially stable eight month study period data collected study done grace caregivers part daily husbandry routine provided important insights groups behavior ultimately informing care welfare future release considerations methodological approaches implemented easily scalable primate sanctuary care facility seeking use data inform husbandry management procedures lastly study first social network analysis conducted grauers gorillas provides tentative insights behavior poorly studied subspecies though research needed evaluate findings reflective subspecies natural history idiosyncrasies group