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Located along the eastern edge of Lake Tanganyika in eastern Tanzania, Gombe National Park covers an area of 35 sq. km of mountainous terrain (Weiss et al. 2017). The site encompasses a mosaic of habitats and their transitions, from riverine forest to deciduous woodland and grassland (Weiss et al. 2017). Although the park covers a small area, it is rich in biodiversity. In addition to chimpanzees, several other primates inhabit the site, including olive baboons (''Papio anubis''), red colobus monkeys (''Piliocolobus tephrosceles''), red-tailed monkeys (''Cercopithecus ascanius schmidti''), blue monkeys (''Cercopithecus mitis doggetti''), and vervets (''Chlorocebus pygerythrus'') (Lonsdorf et al. 2021). The site was first established as the Gombe Stream Game Reserve in 1943, and upgraded to national park in 1968. As part of an effort to recognize that the national park is part of a larger ecosystem that needs to be integrated into conservation efforts, the geographical area known as the Greater Gombe Ecosystem was defined as part of the Conservation Action Planning process in 2005 (Wilson et al. 2020). Jane Goodall began studying the chimpanzees at the site in 1960, when little was known about the behavior and social structure of wild chimpanzees (Pusey et al. 2007). During her first year of study she made the key discoveries that chimpanzees make and use tools (Goodall 1964) and hunt and eat meat (Goodall 1963).

Located along the eastern edge of Lake Tanganyika in eastern Tanzania, Gombe National Park covers an area of 35 sq. km of mountainous terrain (Weiss et al. 2017). The site encompasses a mosaic of habitats and their transitions, from riverine forest to deciduous woodland and grassland (Weiss et al. 2017). Although the park covers a small area, it is rich in biodiversity. In addition to chimpanzees, several other primates inhabit the site, including olive baboons (''Papio anubis''), red colobus monkeys (''Piliocolobus tephrosceles''), red-tailed monkeys (''Cercopithecus ascanius schmidti''), blue monkeys (''Cercopithecus mitis doggetti''), and vervets (''Chlorocebus pygerythrus'') (Lonsdorf et al. 2021). The site was first established as the Gombe Stream Game Reserve in 1943, and upgraded to national park in 1968. As part of an effort to recognize that the national park is part of a larger ecosystem that needs to be integrated into conservation efforts, the geographical area known as the Greater Gombe Ecosystem was defined as part of the Conservation Action Planning process in 2005 (Wilson et al. 2020). Jane Goodall began studying the chimpanzees at the site in 1960, when little was known about the behavior and social structure of wild chimpanzees (Pusey et al. 2007). During her first year of study she made the key discoveries that chimpanzees make and use tools (Goodall 1964) and hunt and eat meat (Goodall 1963).

[[File: Figure pop Gombe.jpg | 500px | thumb| right | Minimum population estimates for chimpanzee communities living within Gombe (Wilson et al. 2020)]]

[[File: Figure pop Gombe.jpg | 400px | thumb| right | Minimum population estimates for chimpanzee communities living within Gombe (Wilson et al. 2020)]]

'''Table 1. Basic site information for Gombe National Park'''

'''Table 1. Basic site information for Gombe National Park'''

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