Alice N Pell
Biographic Data
| ID | 6016607 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Alice N Pell |
| GIVEN NAMES | Alice N |
| FAMILY NAME | Pell |
| SIGNATURE | PELL A N |
| AFFILIATIONS | Cornell University |
| ORCID | 0000-0001-9102-198X |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 10 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 72 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 10 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1999 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2021 |
| H-INDEX | 3 |
Coupled human and natural systems
Condensed tannins in the diets of primates
To understand the ways in which condensed tannins (CT) affect primate diet selection and nutritional status, correct measurements are essential. In the majority of studies of the CT contents of primate foods, a tannin source such as “quebracho” is used to standardize CT assays, but the CT in quebracho tannin may not be similar to those in the plants of interest. We investigated how the choice of standard to calibrate CT assays affects the estimat…
Rapid Assessment of the Nutritional Value of Foods Eaten by Mountain Gorillas
Fiber‐bound nitrogen in gorilla diets
Protein is essential for living organisms, but digestibility of crude protein is poorly understood and difficult to predict. Nitrogen is used to estimate protein content because nitrogen is a component of the amino acids that comprise protein, but a substantial portion of the nitrogen in plants may be bound to fiber in an indigestible form. To estimate the amount of crude protein that is unavailable in the diets of mountain gorillas ( Gorilla ber…
Revisiting the Unicef malnutrition framework to foster agriculture and health sector collaboration to reduce malnutrition
Complexity of Coupled Human and Natural Systems
Integrated studies of coupled human and natural systems reveal new and complex patterns and processes not evident when studied by social or natural scientists separately. Synthesis of six case studies from around the world shows that couplings between human and natural systems vary across space, time, and organizational units. They also exhibit nonlinear dynamics with thresholds, reciprocal feedback loops, time lags, resilience, heterogeneity, an…
Coupled Human and Natural Systems
Humans have continuously interacted with natural systems, resulting in the formation and development of coupled human and natural systems (CHANS). Recent studies reveal the complexity of organizational, spatial, and temporal couplings of CHANS. These couplings have evolved from direct to more indirect interactions, from adjacent to more distant linkages, from local to global scales, and from simple to complex patterns and processes. Untangling co…
Plant choice in the construction of night nests by gorillas in the Bwindi Impenetrable National Park, Uganda
We investigated the choice of plants in nest sites and individual night nests of a group of gorillas ( Gorilla beringei ) in Bwindi Impenetrable National Park, Uganda. Most of the nests were built on the ground in secondary forest or canopy gaps. The gorillas used 62 plant genera in their nests out of a possible 108 plant genera available in the immediate environment. This group of Bwindi gorillas chose nest sites nonrandomly with respect to habi…
Nutritional chemistry of foods eaten by gorillas in Bwindi Impenetrable National Park, Uganda
Foods eaten by gorillas ( Gorilla beringei ) in Bwindi Impenetrable National Park (BINP), Uganda, were analyzed for their nutrient content. The goal of the study was to assess the amounts of fiber, protein, and sugars in the foods eaten by the Bwindi gorillas, and to determine whether condensed tannins and cyanide are present in these foods. A total of 127 food plant parts representing 84 plant species eaten by two groups of Bwindi gorillas were …
Integrated Crop–livestock Management Systems in Sub-saharan Africa
Coupled Human and Natural Systems
Humans have continuously interacted with natural systems, resulting in the formation and development of coupled human and natural systems (CHANS). Recent studies reveal the complexity of organizational, spatial, and temporal couplings of CHANS. These couplings have evolved from direct to more indirect interactions, from adjacent to more distant linkages, from local to global scales, and from simple to complex patterns and processes. Untangling co…
Coupled human and natural systems
Rapid Assessment of the Nutritional Value of Foods Eaten by Mountain Gorillas
Revisiting the Unicef malnutrition framework to foster agriculture and health sector collaboration to reduce malnutrition
Integrated Crop–livestock Management Systems in Sub-saharan Africa
Plant choice in the construction of night nests by gorillas in the Bwindi Impenetrable National Park, Uganda
We investigated the choice of plants in nest sites and individual night nests of a group of gorillas ( Gorilla beringei ) in Bwindi Impenetrable National Park, Uganda. Most of the nests were built on the ground in secondary forest or canopy gaps. The gorillas used 62 plant genera in their nests out of a possible 108 plant genera available in the immediate environment. This group of Bwindi gorillas chose nest sites nonrandomly with respect to habi…
Nutritional chemistry of foods eaten by gorillas in Bwindi Impenetrable National Park, Uganda
Foods eaten by gorillas ( Gorilla beringei ) in Bwindi Impenetrable National Park (BINP), Uganda, were analyzed for their nutrient content. The goal of the study was to assess the amounts of fiber, protein, and sugars in the foods eaten by the Bwindi gorillas, and to determine whether condensed tannins and cyanide are present in these foods. A total of 127 food plant parts representing 84 plant species eaten by two groups of Bwindi gorillas were …
Complexity of Coupled Human and Natural Systems
Integrated studies of coupled human and natural systems reveal new and complex patterns and processes not evident when studied by social or natural scientists separately. Synthesis of six case studies from around the world shows that couplings between human and natural systems vary across space, time, and organizational units. They also exhibit nonlinear dynamics with thresholds, reciprocal feedback loops, time lags, resilience, heterogeneity, an…
Coupled Human and Natural Systems
Humans have continuously interacted with natural systems, resulting in the formation and development of coupled human and natural systems (CHANS). Recent studies reveal the complexity of organizational, spatial, and temporal couplings of CHANS. These couplings have evolved from direct to more indirect interactions, from adjacent to more distant linkages, from local to global scales, and from simple to complex patterns and processes. Untangling co…
Fiber‐bound nitrogen in gorilla diets
Protein is essential for living organisms, but digestibility of crude protein is poorly understood and difficult to predict. Nitrogen is used to estimate protein content because nitrogen is a component of the amino acids that comprise protein, but a substantial portion of the nitrogen in plants may be bound to fiber in an indigestible form. To estimate the amount of crude protein that is unavailable in the diets of mountain gorillas ( Gorilla ber…
Revisiting the Unicef malnutrition framework to foster agriculture and health sector collaboration to reduce malnutrition
Condensed tannins in the diets of primates
To understand the ways in which condensed tannins (CT) affect primate diet selection and nutritional status, correct measurements are essential. In the majority of studies of the CT contents of primate foods, a tannin source such as “quebracho” is used to standardize CT assays, but the CT in quebracho tannin may not be similar to those in the plants of interest. We investigated how the choice of standard to calibrate CT assays affects the estimat…
Rapid Assessment of the Nutritional Value of Foods Eaten by Mountain Gorillas
Coupled human and natural systems
Biology (8 works) · Ecology (6 works) · Geography (5 works) · Gorilla (5 works) · Primate Behavior and Ecology (5 works) · Computer Science (4 works) · Wildlife Ecology and Conservation (4 works) · Artificial Intelligence (3 works) · Botany (3 works) · Ecosystem dynamics and resilience (3 works)