Chimpanzees of the Lakeshore - Natural History and Culture At Mahale

Informationen zum Autor Toshisada Nishida is Executive Director of the Japan Monkey Centre and Editor-in-Chief of the journal Primates. He has conducted pioneering field studies into the behaviour and ecology of wild chimpanzees for more than 45 years. Klappentext Explores the long-term studies at Mahale, Tanzania and the important insights they have provided into wild chimpanzee behaviour and ecology. Zusammenfassung Exploring the long-term studies carried out at Mahale! Tanzania! this book provides a fascinating introduction to chimpanzee behaviour. Topics include diet! hunting! development! play! female relationships! communication and male power-takeovers. Local variation in behaviour is also considered! showing that chimpanzees have 'cultures'. Inhaltsverzeichnis Foreword Frans de Waal; Preface; Introduction; 1. At the beginning; 2. Food and feeding behaviour; 3. Growth and development; 4. Play and exploration; 5. Communication as culture; 6. Female life histories; 7. Sexual strategies; 8. Male political strategies; 9. Culture; 10. Conservation and the future; Postscript; Acknowledgements; References; Index.

Produktdetails

• Autoren: Toshisada Nishida, Toshisada (Kyoto University Nishida, Nishida Toshisada
• Verlag: Cambridge University Press Academic
• Sprache: Englisch
• Produktform: Taschenbuch
• Erschienen: 01.12.2011
• EAN: 9781107601789
• ISBN: 978-1-107-60178-9
• Abmessung: 155 mm x 230 mm x 18 mm
• Themen: Naturwissenschaften, Medizin, Informatik, Technik > Biologie > Zoologie; SCIENCE / Life Sciences / Zoology / General, Tanzania, SCIENCE / Life Sciences / Zoology / Primatology, Animal behaviour, Animal Ecology, Ethology and animal behaviour, Zoology and animal sciences, Primates, Zoology: primates (primatology)