Long‐term research projects can provide important conservation benefits, not only through research specifically focused on conservation problems, but also from various incidental benefits, such as increased intensity of monitoring and building support for the protection of an area. At Gombe National Park, Tanzania, long‐term research has provided at least four distinct benefits to wildlife conservation. (1) Jane Goodall's grou...

The relative success of chimpanzee male mating strategies, the role of male dominance rank and the success of inbreeding avoidance behaviour can only be assessed when paternities are known. We report the probable paternities of 14 chimpanzees included in a long‐term behavioural study of chimpanzees ( Pan troglodytes schweinfurthii ) at Gombe National Park, Tanzania. DNA samples were collected noninvasively from shed hair and f...