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.

Product details

• Authors: Toshisada Nishida, Toshisada (Kyoto University Nishida, Nishida Toshisada, NISHIDA TOSHISADA KYOTO UNIVERSI
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 01.12.2011
• EAN: 9781107015784
• ISBN: 978-1-107-01578-4
• No. of pages: 340
• Subjects: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Biology > Zoology; Anthropologie, SCIENCE / Life Sciences / Zoology / General, Science, Tanzania, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Anthropology / Physical, SCIENCE / Life Sciences / Zoology / Primatology, Animal behaviour, Animal Ecology, Ethology and animal behaviour, Zoology and animal sciences, Primates, Zoology: primates (primatology)