All Apes Great and Small

Volume 1: African Apes
2001
ISBN: 978-0-306-46757-8
Verlag: Springer US

Buch, Englisch, 298 Seiten, Format (B × H): 160 mm x 241 mm, Gewicht: 1380 g

Reihe: Developments in Primatology: Progress and Prospects

Many of the papers in this volume were first presented at the Third International Great Apes of the World Conference, held July 3-6, 1998 in Kuching, Sarawak, Malaysia. The editors of this volume, the first in a two-volume series, are world renowned, having dedicated most of their lives to the study of great apes. The world's premiere primatologists, ethologists, and anthropologists present the most recent research on both captive and free-ranging African great apes. These scientists, through deep personal commitment and sacrifice, have expanded their knowledge of chimpanzees, bonobos, and gorillas. With forests disappearing, many of these studies will never be duplicated. This volume, and all in the book series, aim to broaden and deepen the understanding of this valuable cause.

Zielgruppe

Research

Autoren/Hrsg.

Galdikas, Biruté M. F.

Briggs, Nancy Erickson

Goodall, Jane

Sheeran, Lori K.

Shapiro, Gary L.

Fachgebiete

• Naturwissenschaften Biowissenschaften Tierkunde / Zoologie Wirbeltiere (Vertebrata) Säugetiere (Mammalia) Primaten
• Geisteswissenschaften Philosophie Moderne Philosophische Disziplinen Philosophische Anthropologie

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Issues in Ape and Human Evolution.- African Apes as Time Machines.- Primate Divergence Times.- The Cerebellum: An Asset to Hominoid Cognition.- Bonobos, the “Forgotten Ape”?.- The Status of Bonobo (Pan Paniscus) in the Democratic Republic of Congo.- The Status of Bonobos in Their Southernmost Geographic Range.- Current Situation of Bonobos in the Luo Reserve, Equateur, Democratic Republic of Congo.- Chimpanzees, the Best Known Ape.- Pan in Pandemonium.- Predation of Mammals by the Chimpanzees of the Mahale Mountains, Tanzania.- Representational Capacities in Chimpanzees: Numerical and Spatial Reasoning.- Gorillas, the Greatest of the Apes.- The Status of Gogillas Worldwide.- Twenty-Seven Years of Project Koko and Michael.- Who’s in Charge? Observations of Social Behavior in a Captive Group of Western Lowland Gorillas.- Physiological Bases for Behavior and Aging: Great Apes and Humans.- The Great APE Aging Project: A Resource for Comparative Study of Behavior, Cognition, Health, and Neurobiology.- An International Database for the Study of Diabetes, Obesity, and Aging in Great Apes and Other Nonhuman Primates.- Studies of Age-Related Neuronal Pathology in Great Apes.- Metabolites of Ovarian Hormones and Behavioral Correlates in Captive Female Bonobos (Pan Paniscus).- Sexual Motivation of Male Chimpanzees During the Female Cycle, Including Preliminary Data on Age Effects.- The Bushmeat Crisis: African Apes at Risk.- Bushmeat, Primate Kinship, and the Global Conservation Movement.- Status of the Proposed Lomako Forest Bonobo Reserve: A Case Study of the Bushmeat Trade.- What Happened to Gorilla Gorilla Uellensis?: A Preliminary Investigation.- Apes, Persons, and Bioethics.