Mountain gorillas : three decades of research at Karisoke /
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| Imprint: | Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2001. |
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| Description: | xiii, 431 p. : ill., maps ; 24 cm. |
| Language: | English |
| Series: | Cambridge studies in biological and evolutionary anthropology |
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| Format: | Print Book |
| URL for this record: | http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/4506773 |
Table of Contents:
- List of contributors
- Acknowledgments
- 1. Mountain gorillas of the Virungas: a short history
- Part I. The social system of gorillas
- 2. Variation in the social system of mountain gorillas: the male perspective
- 3. Female mate choice in mountain gorillas
- 4. Dispersal patterns, group structure, and reproductive parameters of eastern lowland gorillas at Kahuzi in the absence of infanticide
- 5. Subspecific variation in gorilla behavior: the influence of ecological and social factors
- Part II. Within-group social behavior
- 6. Development of infant independence from the mother in wild mountain gorillas
- 7. Social relationships of immature gorillas and silverbacks
- 8. Social relationships of female mountain gorillas
- 9. Vocal relationships of wild mountain gorillas
- Part III. Feeding behavior
- 10. Diet and habitat use of two mountain gorilla groups in contrasting habitats in the Virungas
- 11. Clever hands: the food-processing skills of mountain gorillas
- Part IV. Conservation and management of mountain gorillas
- 12. Assessment of reproduction and stress through hormone analysis in gorillas
- 13. Clinical medicine, preventive health care and research on mountain gorillas in the Virunga Volcanoes region
- 14. Conservation-oriented research in the Virunga region
- 15. Status of the Virunga mountain gorilla population
- Afterword: mountain gorillas at the turn of the century
- Index
