Gorilla society : conflict, compromise, and cooperation between the sexes / Alexander H. Harcourt and Kelly J. Stewart.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Harcourt, A. H. (Alexander H.)

Contributor:

Stewart, Kelly J., 1951-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Gorilla--Behavior.

Gorilla.

Gorilla--Ecology.

Social behavior in animals.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (479 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Chicago : University of Chicago Press, 2007.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Societies develop as a result of the interactions of individuals as they compete and cooperate with one another in the evolutionary struggle to survive and reproduce successfully. Gorilla society is arranged according to these different and sometimes conflicting evolutionary goals of the sexes. In seeking to understand why gorilla society exists as it does, Alexander H. Harcourt and Kelly J. Stewart bring together extensive data on wild gorillas, collected over decades by numerous researchers working in diverse habitats across Africa, to illustrate how the social system of gorilla

Contents:

Frontmatter

CONTENTS

ACKNOWLEDGMENTS

CHAPTER 1. INTRODUCTION

CHAPTER 2. PRIMATE SOCIOECOLOGY: A BRIEF INTRODUCTION

CHAPTER 3. INTRODUCING GORILLAS: SOME BACKGROUND

CHAPTER 4. GORILLA ECOLOGY AND SOCIETY: A BRIEF DESCRIPTION

SUMMARY

CHAPTER 5. FEMALE STRATEGIES AND SOCIETY: FOOD AND GROUPING

CHAPTER 6. FEMALE STRATEGIES: MALE INFLUENCES ON FEMALES' COMPETITION, COOPERATION, AND GROUPING

CHAPTER 7. FEMALE STRATEGIES: MALE INFLUENCES; JOINING A PROTECTIVE MALE

CHAPTER 8. FEMALE STRATEGIES: MALE INFLUENCES; EMIGRATION AND CHOICE OF MALES

CHAPTER 9. FEMALE STRATEGIES: CONFLICT, COMPROMISE, AND COOPERATION BETWEEN THE SEXES

CHAPTER 10. MALE STRATEGIES AND SOCIETY: INFLUENCES OF THE ENVIRONMENT AND OF FEMALES

CHAPTER 11. MALE MATING STRATEGIES AND GORILLA SOCIETY

CHAPTER 12. MALE STRATEGIES AND THE NATURE OF SOCIETY: CONFLICT, COMPROMISE, AND COOPERATION BETWEEN THE SEXES

CHAPTER 13. GORILLA AND PRIMATE SOCIOECOLOGY: THE FUTURE

CHAPTER 14. SOCIOECOLOGY AND GORILLA CONSERVATION

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Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 377-439) and indexes.

ISBN:

9786611957087

9781281957085

1281957089

9780226316048

0226316041

OCLC:

646784249