http://www.bonoboincongo.com/2008/10/01/the-making-of-a-congolese-naturalist/ Field notes from Dr Terese Hart Thu, 09 Feb 2012 09:47:42 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v= http://www.bonoboincongo.com/2008/10/01/the-making-of-a-congolese-naturalist/comment-page-1/#comment-757 Terese Hart Fri, 03 Oct 2008 10:11:35 +0000 http://www.bonoboincongo.com/?p=284#comment-757 Yes, there are stands in the Losekola area, quite numerous small stands. We don't yet understand the "logic" of where there is and isn't Gilbertiodendron forest. But it is a BEAUTIFUL forest and its seeds are edible -- by people, monkeys, elephant, buffalo, duikers, rodents and beetles!! When the Gilbertiodendron or Mbau tree is in fruit it is feast time!! Yes, there are stands in the Losekola area, quite numerous small stands. We don’t yet understand the “logic” of where there is and isn’t Gilbertiodendron forest. But it is a BEAUTIFUL forest and its seeds are edible — by people, monkeys, elephant, buffalo, duikers, rodents and beetles!! When the Gilbertiodendron or Mbau tree is in fruit it is feast time!!

]]> http://www.bonoboincongo.com/2008/10/01/the-making-of-a-congolese-naturalist/comment-page-1/#comment-756 michael Fri, 03 Oct 2008 09:38:33 +0000 http://www.bonoboincongo.com/?p=284#comment-756 are there large stands of gilbertiodendron forest in the losekola area? are there large stands of gilbertiodendron forest in the losekola area?

]]> http://www.bonoboincongo.com/2008/10/01/the-making-of-a-congolese-naturalist/comment-page-1/#comment-754 REBEKAH HART Thu, 02 Oct 2008 23:51:50 +0000 http://www.bonoboincongo.com/?p=284#comment-754 Thank you Baba for giving Kahindo room and the opportunity to explore his passions, and thank you Baba for teaching him. I am so happy for Kahindo. Thank you Baba for giving Kahindo room and the opportunity to explore his passions, and thank you Baba for teaching him. I am so happy for Kahindo.

]]> http://www.bonoboincongo.com/2008/10/01/the-making-of-a-congolese-naturalist/comment-page-1/#comment-753 Terese Hart Thu, 02 Oct 2008 20:39:41 +0000 http://www.bonoboincongo.com/?p=284#comment-753 Michael, Exactly --- Ngoyi is most related to blue monkey. The first surprise was that it was where blue monkeys were "not supposed to be" ie on the left bank of the Lomami and then it just wasn't like the blue monkeys we knew from the Ituri Forest. Maybe a variety, maybe a sub-species. Definitely will post about it when the analyses are made. Michael, Exactly — Ngoyi is most related to blue monkey. The first surprise was that it was where blue monkeys were “not supposed to be” ie on the left bank of the Lomami and then it just wasn’t like the blue monkeys we knew from the Ituri Forest. Maybe a variety, maybe a sub-species. Definitely will post about it when the analyses are made.

]]> http://www.bonoboincongo.com/2008/10/01/the-making-of-a-congolese-naturalist/comment-page-1/#comment-752 michael Thu, 02 Oct 2008 19:31:06 +0000 http://www.bonoboincongo.com/?p=284#comment-752 I' am sure there is still a lot to discover in this TL2 forests. Red,clear,white,black rivers, different soils and probably different vegetation which leads to different fauna.( i'd like to follow Kahindo through the forests) Are there already results about this ngoyi blanc? Is it a special form of blue monkey or something new like lesula? I’ am sure there is still a lot to discover in this TL2 forests. Red,clear,white,black rivers, different soils and probably different vegetation which leads to different fauna.( i’d like to follow Kahindo through the forests)
Are there already results about this ngoyi blanc? Is it a special form of blue monkey or something new like lesula?

]]> http://www.bonoboincongo.com/2008/10/01/the-making-of-a-congolese-naturalist/comment-page-1/#comment-751 Terese Hart Thu, 02 Oct 2008 19:07:41 +0000 http://www.bonoboincongo.com/?p=284#comment-751 Kim, It is probably due to the high tannic content of the leaf duff. The tannins leach into the run-off. In the second to last picture above, the one of a hunter returning from his trap line, the forest he is in is Gilbertiodendron forest. The dominant tree sheds its large heavily protected leaflets and these "bleed" the secondary compounds that turn the water red. My guess -- but not sure -- it that the difference between where the rivers are clear and where they are red has to do with the forest type they are passing through...whether that, in turn, reflects something else -- like soil/bedrock differences -- can't say. Kim, It is probably due to the high tannic content of the leaf duff. The tannins leach into the run-off. In the second to last picture above, the one of a hunter returning from his trap line, the forest he is in is Gilbertiodendron forest. The dominant tree sheds its large heavily protected leaflets and these “bleed” the secondary compounds that turn the water red. My guess — but not sure — it that the difference between where the rivers are clear and where they are red has to do with the forest type they are passing through…whether that, in turn, reflects something else — like soil/bedrock differences — can’t say.

]]> http://www.bonoboincongo.com/2008/10/01/the-making-of-a-congolese-naturalist/comment-page-1/#comment-749 kim Thu, 02 Oct 2008 16:40:22 +0000 http://www.bonoboincongo.com/?p=284#comment-749 Incredible red at the bottom of the rivers. Is it mineral or organic? Incredible red at the bottom of the rivers. Is it mineral or organic?

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