This new, second edition of Primate Ethnographies: Fieldwork from Across the Globe is a collection of first-person accounts of immersive field studies of primates, people, and institutions. It is of interest to students of Primatology, Anthropology,...Loe edasi...
First published in 1998, the aim of this text was to draw attention to the exciting progress of studies of the social psychology of monkeys and apes happening at the time....Loe edasi...
Humans views of other primates include myths and legends, accounts of early European naturalists, artistic interpretations, and natural histories, anatomical studies and collections. This book synthesizes all these different perspectives and reveals...Loe edasi...
This book is an accessible and comprehensive introduction to primatology. The book encourages students to study primates as integrated members of regional communities, ecologically, historically and evolutionarily.....Loe edasi...
How did a random batch of chimpanzees come to populate a small island in Tanzania where apes had never lived before? Combining information gathered from fieldwork, laboratory and archival research, this book tells the unique story of chimpanzee babi...Loe edasi...
This book offers an accessible and up-to-date reference on primate zoonoses. Recent years have witnessed a rise in human diseases zoonotically transferred from animals, with wild primates implicated in the spread of numerous newly emerging infection...Loe edasi...
The Handbook of Primate Behavioral Management (HPBM) fills a void in the scientific literature, providing those who work with nonhuman primates (NHP) with a centralized reference for many issues related to the care and management of captive nonhuman...Loe edasi...
This book explores how conservationists decide whether, and how, to undertake rehabilitation and reintroduction when rescuing orphan orangutans. The author demonstrates that exploring ethical dilemmas is crucial for understanding ongoing disagreemen...Loe edasi...
Kristin Andrews, Letitia Meynell, Gary Comstock, Crozier G.K.D., Sue Donaldson, Andrew Fenton, Tyler John, L. Syd M Johnson, Robert Jones, Will Kymlicka...
In this book a group of renowned philosophers examine the lines of reasoning the courts have used to deny chimpanzee personhood. It goes to the heart of fundamental issues concerning animal rights and the question of human and nonhuman nature. It is...Loe edasi...
Originally published in 1976, this volume reports research that will help us to understand the causes of psychogenic diseases. It deals both experimentally and theoretically with the question of symptom specificity in psychosomatic research....Loe edasi...
(Ilmumisaeg: 22-Jan-2016, Kirjastus: John Wiley & Sons Inc, ISBN-13: 9781119118206)
The Primate Origins of Human Nature (Volume 3 in The Foundations of Human Biology series) blends several elements from evolutionary biology as applied to primate behavioral ecology and primate psychology, classical physical anthropology and evolut...Loe edasi...
(Ilmumisaeg: 18-Apr-2013, Kirjastus: Oxford University Press, ISBN-13: 9780199659449)
This practical volume brings together a group of distinguished primate researchers to synthesize field, laboratory, and conservation management techniques for primate ecology and conservation....Loe edasi...
(Ilmumisaeg: 01-Apr-2010, Kirjastus: Oxford University Press, ISBN-13: 9780198529583)
Red colobus monkeys are very unusual in many aspects of their biology, not just among primates but also among mammals. This thorough and current review of their biology takes full account of the latest theory in optimal foraging, sexual selection, s...Loe edasi...
Serge A. Wich, Atmoko S. Suci Utami, Tatang Mitra Setia, Carel van Schaik
(Ilmumisaeg: 11-Dec-2008, Kirjastus: Oxford University Press, ISBN-13: 9780199213276)
Orangutan populations show extensive variation in behaviour and demography.The two main aims of this book are to carefully compare data from all orangutan research sites, examining the differences and similarities between orangutan species, subspeci...Loe edasi...
Part of Prentice Halls Primate Field Studies series. This field study is intended to introduce students to the habitat, behavior and social organization, of the Gibbons of Khao Yai....Loe edasi...
