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Mountain gorillas : three decades of research at Karisoke / edited by Martha M. Robbins, Pascale Sicotte, Kelly J. Stewart.
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- Format:
- Book
- Series:
- Cambridge studies in biological and evolutionary anthropology
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Karisoke Research Center.
- Gorilla--Rwanda--Congresses.
- Gorilla.
- Karisoke Research Center--Congresses.
- Gorilla gorilla.
- Rwanda.
- Behavior, Animal.
- Medical Subjects:
- Gorilla gorilla.
- Rwanda.
- Behavior, Animal.
- Local Subjects:
- Karisoke Research Center--Congresses.
- Genre:
- Conference papers and proceedings.
- Physical Description:
- xiii, 431 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm.
- Place of Publication:
- Cambridge, U.K. ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2001.
- Summary:
- Summary of 30 years research on mountain gorillas at Karisoke Research Center in Rwanda.
- Contents:
- Mountain gorillas of the Virungas: a short history / Kelly J. Stewart, Pascale Sicotte & Martha M. Robbins
- Variation in the social system of mountain gorillas: the male perspective / Martha M. Robbins
- Female mate choice in mountain gorillas / Pascale Sicotte
- Dispersal patterns, group structure, and reproductive parameters of eastern lowland gorillas at Kahuzi in the absence of infanticide / Juichi Yamagiwa & John Kahekwa
- Subspecific variation in gorilla behavior: the influence of ecological and social factors / Diane M. Doran & Alastair McNeilage
- Development of infant independence from the mother in wild mountain gorillas / Alison Fletcher
- Social relationships of immature gorillas and silverbacks / Kelly J. Stewart
- Social relationships of female mountain gorillas / David P. Watts
- Vocal relationships of wild mountain gorillas / Alexander H. Harcourt & Kelly J. Stewart
- Diet and habitat use of two mountain gorilla groups in contrasting habitats in the Virungas / Alastair McNeilage
- Clever hands: the food-processing skills of mountain gorillas / Richard W. Byrne
- Assessment of reproduction and stress through hormone analysis in gorillas / Nancy Czekala & Martha M. Robbins
- Clinical medicine, preventive health care and research on mountain gorillas in the Virunga Volcanoes region / Antoine B. Mudakikwa ... [et al.]
- Conservation-oriented research in the Virunga region / Andrew J. Plumtpre & Elizabeth A. Williamson
- Status of the Virunga mountain gorilla population / H. Dieter Steklis & Netzin Gerald-Steklis
- Aferword: mountain gorillas at the turn of the century / Bill Weber & Amy Vedder.
- Notes:
- Papers presented at an international conference held in Leipzig, 1999.
- Includes bibliographical references.
- Local Notes:
- Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the George Clapp Vaillant Book Fund.
- ISBN:
- 0521780047
- OCLC:
- 45393716
- Online:
- Publisher description
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