04226nam 2200697 a 450 991082130640332120240418125538.01-281-95708-90-226-31604-1978661195708710.7208/9780226316048(CKB)1000000000578573(EBL)408304(OCoLC)646784249(SSID)ssj0000164611(PQKBManifestationID)11152102(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000164611(PQKBWorkID)10121835(PQKB)10114407(StDuBDS)EDZ0000113816(MiAaPQ)EBC408304(DE-B1597)523318(OCoLC)1135589858(DE-B1597)9780226316048(Au-PeEL)EBL408304(CaPaEBR)ebr10265971(CaONFJC)MIL195708(EXLCZ)99100000000057857320061107d2007 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrGorilla society[electronic resource] conflict, compromise, and cooperation between the sexes /Alexander H. Harcourt and Kelly J. Stewart1st ed.Chicago University of Chicago Press20071 online resource (479 p.)Description based upon print version of record.0-226-31603-3 0-226-31602-5 Includes bibliographical references (p. 377-439) and indexes.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 -- SUMMARY -- 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 -- REFERENCES -- AUTHOR INDEX -- SUBJECT INDEXSocieties 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 gorillaGorillaBehaviorGorillaEcologySocial behavior in animalsgorilla, animal behavior, animals, africa, social system, ecology, biology, science, zoology, nature, environment, conflict, compromise, cooperation, gender, conservation, preservation, habitat, jungle, endangered, environmentalism, species, reproduction, survival, evolution, primate, socioecology, grouping, predation, mating, infanticide, body size, sexual dimorphism, pan, pongo, nonfiction, harassment, roving males, emigration.GorillaBehavior.GorillaEcology.Social behavior in animals.599.884Harcourt A. H(Alexander H.)1666632Stewart Kelly J.1951-1692229MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910821306403321Gorilla society4069152UNINA