Skip to content
You are not logged in |Login  
     
Limit search to available items
Record:   Prev Next
Resources
More Information
Bestseller
BestsellerE-book

Title Mahale chimpanzees : 50 years of research / edited by Michio Nakamura, Wildlife Research Center, Kyoto University, Japan, Kazuhiko Hosaka, Kamakura Women's University, Japan, Noriko Itoh, Wildlife Research Center, Kyoto University, Japan, Koichiro Zamma, Graduate School of Asian and African Area Studies and Wildlife Research Center, Kyoto University.

Publication Info. New York : Cambridge University Press, 2015.

Item Status

Description 1 online resource
Physical Medium polychrome
Description text file
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
Contents Foreword / Frans B.M. de Waal -- Preface / Michio Nakamura, Kazuhiko Hosaka, Noriko Itoh, and Koichiro Zamma -- 1. Introduction / Michio Nakamura -- Part I. History and Overview. 2. Overview of the field site : Mahale Mountains and their surroundings / Michio Nakamura and Noriko Itoh ; 3. Research history / Michio Nakamura, Kazuhiko Hosaka, and Yukio Takahata ; 4. Chimpanzee distribution : accumulation of survey reports / Koichiro Zamma, Shunkichi Hanamura, and Tetsuya Sakamaki ; 5. Who's who / Kazuhiko Hosaka -- Part II. Social Organization. 6. Social system : features and variations / Noriko Itoh and Michio Nakamura ; 7. Demography of the M group / Michio Nakamura ; 8. Home range / Michio Nakamura ; 9. Fission-fusion grouping / Shunkichi Hanamura ; 10. Disappearance of K-group male chimpanzees : re-examination of group extinction / Yukio Takahata ; 11. Intergroup relationships / Tetsuya Sakamaki and Michio Nakamura -- Part III. Ecology. 12. Climate and climatological trends in the Kasoje forest / Noriko Itoh ; 13. Mahale flora : its historical background and long-term changes / Noriko Itoh and Michio Nakamura ; 14. Patterns and trends in fruiting phenology : some important implications for chimpanzee diet / Noriko Itoh and Daisuke Muramatsu ; 15. Mammalian fauna / Hiroshi Ihobe ; 16. Interspecific relationships / Kazuhiko Hosaka and Hiroshi Ihobe -- Part IV. Feeding. 17. Diet and feeding behavior / Noriko Itoh and Michio Nakamura ; 18. Taste of chimpanzee foods / Takashi Hayakawa ; 19. Seeds from feces : implications for seed dispersal and fecal analyses / Michio Nakamura and Noriko Itoh ; 20. Hunting and food sharing / Kazuhiko Hosaka ; 21. Insect-feeding behavior and insect fauna : with special reference to plant-insect relationships / Mieko Kiyono -- Part V. Life History and Health. 22. Development and growth : with special reference to mother-infant relationships / Takuya Matsumoto and Hitoshige Hayaki ; 23. Gerontology / Kazuhiko Hosaka and Michael A. Huffman ; 24. Chimpanzee self-medication : a historical perspective of the key findings / Michael A. Huffman ; 25. Diseases and deaths : variety and impact on social life / Shunkichi Hanamura, Takanori Kooriyama, and Kazuhiko Hosaka ; 26. Conspecific killings / Michio Nakamura and Noriko Itoh -- Part VI. Social Relations. 27. Male-male relationships / Kazuhiko Hosaka and Michio Nakamura ; 28. Female-female relationships / Noriko Itoh and Michio Nakamura ; 29. Male-female relationships : affiliative, interventional, and dominant-subordinate interactions / Shunkichi Hanamura ; 30. Orphans and allomothering / Michio Nakamura and Kazuhiko Hosaka -- Part VII. Social Behavior. 31. Intimidation display / Kazuhiko Hosaka ; 32. Aggression and conflict management / Nobuyuki Kutsukake and Kazuhiko Hosaka ; 33. Greetings and dominance / Tetsuya Sakamaki and Hitoshige Hayaki ; 34. Grooming : its hygienic and social aspects / Koichiro Zamma and Michio Nakamura ; 35. Sexual behavior and mating strategies / Shiho Fujita and Eiji Inoue ; 36. Social play : history of the studies at Mahale and a new perspective / Masaki Shimada, Takahisa Matsusaka, and Hitoshige Hayaki ; 37. Ethograms and the diversity of behaviors / Koichiro Zamma and Takahisa Matsusaka -- Part VIII. Behavioral Diversity. 38. Culture / Hitonaru Nishie and Michio Nakamura ; 39. Vocal communication / Kazuhiko Hosaka, Takahisa Matsusaka, and Shunkichi Hanamura ; 40. Diversity of play / Takahisa Matsusaka, Masaki Shimada, and Michio Nakamura ; 41. Laterality of hand function / Linda F. Marchant ; 42. Use of tools and other objects / Hitonaru Nishie ; 43. Bed making and nocturnal behavior / Koichiro Zamma and Hiroshi Ihobe -- Part IX. From Field to Lab. 44. Field endocrinology / Shiho Fujita ; 45. Skeletal and dental morphology / Daisuke Shimizu ; 46 Genetic studies / Eiji Inoue ; 47. Internal parasites / Takanori Kooriyama and Hideo Hasegawa -- Part X. People and Chimpanzees. 48. Current status of tourism / Michio Nakamura ; 49. Culture and subsistence ecology of the Tongwe, and their significance in chimpanzee research / Michio Nakamura ; 50. Conservation and the future / Kazuhiko Hosaka and Michio Nakamura -- Appendices. Appendix I. Floral list / compiled by Noriko Itoh ; Appendix II. Dietary list / compiled by Noriko Itoh, Koichiro Zamma, Takuya Matsumoto, Hitonaru Nishie, and Michio Nakamura ; Appendix III. Mammal list / compiled by Hiroshi Ihobe ; Appendix IV. Meteorological data collected at Kansyana, 1983-2013 / compiled by Noriko Itoh ; Appendix V. List of researchers who visited Mahale / compiled by Michio Nakamura ; Appendix VI. List of abbreviations of Mahale chimpanzees' names / compiled by Michio Nakamura ; Appendix VII. Research and conservation funds for Mahale / compiled by Michio Nakamura.
Summary Long-term ecological research studies are rare and invaluable resources, particularly when they are as thoroughly documented as the Mahale Mountain Chimpanzee Project in Tanzania. Directed by Toshisada Nishida from 1965 until 2011, the project continues to yield new and fascinating findings about our closest neighbour species. In a fitting tribute to Nishida's contribution to science, this book brings together fifty years of research into one encyclopaedic volume. Alongside previously unpublished data, the editors include new translations of Japanese writings throughout the book to bring previously inaccessible work to non-Japanese speakers. The history and ecology of the site, chimpanzee behaviour and biology, and ecological management are all addressed through firsthand accounts by Mahale researchers. The authors highlight long-term changes in behaviour, where possible, and draw comparisons with other chimpanzee sites across Africa to provide an integrative view of chimpanzee research today.
Local Note eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America
Subject Chimpanzees -- Tanzania -- Mahale Mountains National Park.
Chimpanzees.
Tanzania -- Mahale Mountains National Park.
Chimpanzees -- Research -- Tanzania -- Mahale Mountains National Park.
Chimpanzees -- Research.
Tanzania.
Genre/Form Electronic books.
Added Author Nakamura, Michio, 1971-
Other Form: Print version: Mahale chimpanzees 9781107052314 (DLC) 2015004541 (OCoLC)910664225
ISBN 9781316374436 (electronic book)
1316374432 (electronic book)
9781107280533 (electronic book)
1107280532 (electronic book)
9781107052314
1107052319