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Zusatztext An invaluable addition to the description of chimpanzee behavioural diversity, and a classic demonstration of how to combine research and conservation. Even more, it is an elegant introduction to the natural history of a species that still offers important biological puzzles. Informationen zum Autor Vernon Reynolds first began to study the chimpanzees of the Budongo Forest, Uganda, in 1962. He returned to found the Budongo Forest Project in 1990. He is the recipient of the President's Award, American Society of Primatologists, 2000, and the Chairman's Award, Committee for Research and Exploration, National Geographic Society, 2000. Professor Reynolds is also the author of numerous books and journal articles. Klappentext This book describes in detail the work of a large number of students and senior researchers on the wild chimpanzees of the Budongo Forest Reserve in Western Uganda. Vernon Reynolds presents a coherent and in-depth account of one chimpanzee community of more than 60 individuals! living in the Sonso area in the middle of the Budongo Forest! which he and his colleagues have studied intensively over the last 15 years. He describes their forest habitat! their diet andculture! their social organisation and behaviour! their diseases! and the threats to them that derive from the actions of people in the surrounding villages. The book combines new and often unpublished studies with past publications! and also compares the Budongo chimpanzees with wild chimpanzeesstudied at other sites across Africa. The result is the most comprehensive account of the Budongo chimpanzees ever published! with a wealth of referenced material that will serve as a source of information for many years to come. Zusammenfassung Unlike humans, who came down from the trees and developed bipedal locomotion, chimpanzees have remained in the original habitat of our ancestors: the tropical rainforests of Africa.In this book, Vernon Reynolds describes in detail the work of a large number of students and senior researchers on the wild chimpanzees of the Budongo Forest Reserve in Western Uganda. He presents a coherent and in-depth account of one chimpanzee community of more than 60 individuals living in the Sonso area in the middle of the Budongo Forest, which he and his colleagues have studied intensively over the last 15 years. The chimpanzees have never been provisioned and live in an entirely natural state. Reynolds describes their forest habitat, their diet and culture, their social organization and behaviour, their diseases, and the threats to them that derive from the actions of people in the surrounding villages, the most serious of these being the presence of snares set by hunters to catch small antelopes and pigs.As founder and head of the Budongo Forest Project, Professor Reynolds has been responsible for compiling the numerous publications, reports, and dissertations written about these chimpanzees. In this book, he combines these new and often unpublished studies with past publications about Budongo Forest. Where appropriate, he also compares the Budongo chimpanzees with wild chimpanzees studied at other sites across Africa. The result is the most comprehensive account of the Budongo chimpanzees ever published, with a wealth of referenced material that will serve as a source of information for many years to come. Inhaltsverzeichnis Dedication Acknowledgments Contents Introduction by Jane Goodall 1: The Budongo Forest 2: The Sonso community 3: Morbidity and mortality 4: Diet and culture at Sonso 5: Social organization 6: Social behaviour and relationships 7: Infanticide 8: Intra-community killing 9: The problem of snares 10: The human foreground 11: The Kasokwa Forest chimpanzees 12: The future of Budongo's chimpanzees and of the chimpanzees of Uganda as a whole References Appendix 1. The Sonso chimpanze...
