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Record Nr.

UNINA9910450528203321

Titolo

Primates face to face : conservation implications of human and nonhuman primate interconnections / / edited by Agustin Fuentes and Linda D. Wolfe [[electronic resource]]

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Cambridge : , : Cambridge University Press, , 2002

ISBN

1-107-12963-X

1-280-41816-8

9786610418169

0-511-17046-7

1-139-14678-5

0-511-06718-6

0-511-06087-4

0-511-29753-X

0-511-54240-2

0-511-06931-6

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (xvi, 340 pages) : digital, PDF file(s)

Collana

Cambridge studies in biological and evolutionary anthropology ; ; 29

Disciplina

333.95/9816

Soggetti

Primates - Research

Wildlife conservation

Human-animal relationships

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 05 Oct 2015).

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Anthropology and primatology / Phyllis Dolhinow -- Resistance to the cross-species perspective in anthropology / Mary M. Pavelka -- The ethics and efficacy of biomedical research in chimpanzees with special regard to HIV research / Roger S. Fouts, Deborah H. Fouts and Gabriel S. Waters -- Monkey as food, monkey as child: Guajá symbolic cannibalism / Loretta Ann Cormier -- Ethnoecology of monkeys among the Barí of Venezuela: perception, use and conservation / Manuel Lizarralde -- Primates in Matsigenka subsistence and world view / Glenn H. Shepard -- Monkey king in China: basis for a conservation policy? / Frances D. Burton -- Reflections on the concept of nature and



gorillas in Rwanda: implications and conservation / Pascale Sicotte and Prosper Uwengeli -- Monkeys, humans and politics in the Mentawai Islands: no simple solution in a complex world / Agustín Fuentes -- Conservation must pursue human-nature biosynergy in the era of social chaos and bushmeat commerce / Anthony L. Rose -- A cultural primatological study of Macaca fasicularis on Ngeaur Island, Republic of Palau / Bruce Wheatley [and others] -- Monkeys in the backyard: encroaching wildlife and rural communities in Japan / David S. Sprague -- The primatologist as minority advocate / Ardith A. Eudey -- Monkey business? The conservation implications of macaque ethnoprimatology in southern Thailand / Leslie E. Sponsel, Nukul Ruttanadakul and Poranee Natadecha-Sponsel -- Rhesus macaques: a comparative study of two sites, Jaipur, India, and Silver Springs, Florida / Linda D. Wolfe.

Sommario/riassunto

As our closest evolutionary relatives, nonhuman primates are integral elements in our mythologies, diets and scientific paradigms, yet most species now face an uncertain future through exploitation for the pet and bushmeat trades as well as progressive habitat loss. New information about disease transmission, dietary and economic linkage, and the continuing international focus on conservation and primate research have created a surge of interest in primates, and focus on the diverse interaction of human and nonhuman primates has become an important component in primatological and ethnographic studies. By examining the diverse and fascinating range of relationships between humans and other primates, and how this plays a critical role in conservation practice and programs, Primates Face to Face disseminates the information gained from the anthropological study of nonhuman primates to the wider academic and non-academic world.