| Full Name of Site | Nouabalé-Ndoki |
| Country | Republic of Congo, Sangha region & Likouala region |
| Location of base camp | |
| Status | National Park |
| Area- study area | Size of study area = about 20 km² & size of entire reserve or park = 3865.92 km² |
| Study Period | 1989 – 1992, 1994 – 1999 |
| Focus of Project | Research, Field training program for Congolese research assistant, Park management |
| Altitude | about 500 (m) in maximum |
| Rainfall | 1430 mm (one year data) |
| Research Presence | Not any more |
| Habituation | None |
| Types of questions? | Diet, phenology & density of plants etc. |
| Conservation Projects? | field traning program for Congolese research assistants, involvement in park management |
| Species studied in addition to WLGs | chimpanzees, other diurnal primates |
| Distance to closest village in km | 30 km |
| Types of vegetation present at Site | |
| savanna | absence |
| gallery forest | absence |
| previously logged secondary forest | absence |
| streambed | present |
| open understory forest (Primary) | present |
| monodominant (Gilbertiodendron) | present |
| Light gaps | absence |
| Marantaceae forest | present |
| Swamp Forest | present |
| Bais | present |
| Mammalian community | |
| chimpanzees | presence, once per 3 days |
| elephants | presence, almost everyday at Bai |
| buffalo | presence, once per 3 days at Bai |
| monkeys | |
| gray-cheeked mangabey | presence |
| agile crested mangabey | presence |
| putty-nosed monkey | presence |
| crowned guenon | presence |
| moustouch monkey | presence |
| de brazza’s monkey | presence |
| black-and-white colobus | presence |
| red colobus | presence |
| swamp monkey | presence |
| red river hog | presence |
| giant forest hog | presence |
| Human Influence | |
| selective logging | absence |
| hunting (snares. Traces, shots fired) | presence in the past but very rare |
| gorillas a target? | no |
| agriculture- distance to nearest field | > 5km |
| tourism | none in the study area during the study period |
| predators | List known or suspected predators of gorillas at your |
| site including Homo sapiens, Leopard | |
| Methods Used | |
| Indirect evidence (trail, feces) | yes |
| Nest to nest tracking | yes |
| Direct behavioral sampling | yes |
| focal subject sampling | no |
| Contact Information | Tomo Nishihara |
| JWCS, Suehiro Build. 7F, 2-5-4 Toranomon, Minato, Tokyo, | |
| 150-0001 Tel/Fax +81-3-3595-1171 | |
| Email Tomon16@aol.com | |
| Bibliography | Nishihara, T., 1995. Feeding ecology of western lowland gorillas in the Nouabalé-Ndoki National Park, Congo. Primates, 36: 151-168. |
| Nishihara, T. and J. M. Fay, 1996. The present progress of primatological research and conservation activities in the Nouabalé-Ndoki National Park, Congo. Primate Eye, 59: 26-38. | |
| Kuroda, S., T. Nishihara, S. Suzuki, and R. A. Oko, 1996. Sympatric chimpanzees and gorillas in the Ndoki Forest, Congo. In W. C. McGrew et al. (eds): Great Ape Society. 71-81(Cambridge University Press, New York). |