05064nam 2201177Ia 450 991081720470332120230725051849.01-283-27793-X97866132779300-520-94883-110.1525/9780520948839(CKB)2550000000033315(EBL)685413(OCoLC)723943926(SSID)ssj0000533947(PQKBManifestationID)11348487(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000533947(PQKBWorkID)10493167(PQKB)10745550(MiAaPQ)EBC685413(DE-B1597)519061(OCoLC)1065247922(DE-B1597)9780520948839(Au-PeEL)EBL685413(CaPaEBR)ebr10466785(CaONFJC)MIL327793(EXLCZ)99255000000003331520100823d2011 ub 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrAmong African apes[electronic resource] stories and photos from the field /edited by Martha M. Robbins and Christophe BoeschBerkeley University of California Pressc20111 online resource (201 p.)Description based upon print version of record.0-520-26710-9 Includes bibliographical references and index.Frontmatter -- Contents -- Illustrations -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction: Who, What, Where, and Why -- ONE: Discovering Apes -- TWO: Life and Death in the Forest Blood -- THREE: Encounters with Bili Chimpanzees in the Undisturbed Gangu Forest -- FOUR: Is Blood Thicker Than Water -- FIVE: Our Cousins in the Forest - or Bushmeat? -- SIX: Discovering Chimpanzee Traditions -- SEVEN: Keeping It in the Family. Tribal Warfare between Chimpanzee Communities -- EIGHT: Winona's Search for the Right Silverback. Insights into Female Strategies at a Natural Rain Forest Clearing in Northern Congo -- NINE: The Long Road to Habituation. A Window into the Lives of Gorillas -- TEN: Among Silverbacks -- ELEVEN: The Diversity of the Apes What Is the Future? -- Contributors -- Plate Credits -- IndexThese compelling stories and photographs take us to places like Bwindi Impenetrable National Park in Uganda, Ivindo National Park in Gabon, and the Taï National Park in Côte d'Ivoire for an intimate and revealing look at the lives of African wild apes-and at the lives of the humans who study them. In tales of adventure, research, and conservation, veteran field researchers and conservationists describe exciting discoveries made over the past few decades about chimpanzees, bonobos, and gorillas. The book features vivid descriptions of interactions among these highly intelligent creatures as they hunt, socialize, and play. More difficult themes emerge as well, including the threats apes face from poaching, disease, and deforestation. In stories that are often moving and highly personal, this book takes measure of how special the great apes are and discusses positive conservation efforts, including ecotourism, that can help bring these magnificent animals back from the brink of extinction.ApesAfricaAnecdotesApesAfricaPictorial worksApesResearchAfricaAnecdotesApesConservationRare mammalsAfricaafrica.african animals.african apes.animal behavior.apes.bonobos.bwindi impenetrable national park.central africa.chimpanzees.conservation.cote divoire.deforestation.disease.ecotourism.endangered animals.environment.environmentalism.extinction.field research.forests.gabon.gorillas.great apes.ivindo national park.jungles.life sciences.nature photography.nature preserve.nature reserve.nature.nonfiction.poaching.primates.primatology.science.tai national park.uganda.wild apes.wildlife.zoology.ApesApesApesResearchApesConservation.Rare mammals599.88096Robbins Martha M.1967-1697182Boesch Christophe1693969MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910817204703321Among African apes4077698UNINA