Gorilla society [[electronic resource] ] : conflict, compromise, and cooperation between the sexes / / Alexander H. Harcourt and Kelly J. Stewart
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| Autore: |
Harcourt A. H (Alexander H.)
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| Titolo: |
Gorilla society [[electronic resource] ] : conflict, compromise, and cooperation between the sexes / / Alexander H. Harcourt and Kelly J. Stewart
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| Pubblicazione: | Chicago, : University of Chicago Press, 2007 |
| Edizione: | 1st ed. |
| Descrizione fisica: | 1 online resource (479 p.) |
| Disciplina: | 599.884 |
| Soggetto topico: | Gorilla - Behavior |
| Gorilla - Ecology | |
| Social behavior in animals | |
| Soggetto non controllato: | gorilla, 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 |
| Altri autori: |
StewartKelly J. <1951->
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| Note generali: | Description based upon print version of record. |
| Nota di bibliografia: | Includes bibliographical references (p. 377-439) and indexes. |
| Nota di contenuto: | 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 INDEX |
| Sommario/riassunto: | 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 |
| Titolo autorizzato: | Gorilla society |
| ISBN: | 1-281-95708-9 |
| 0-226-31604-1 | |
| 9786611957087 | |
| Formato: | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione: | Inglese |
| Record Nr.: | 9910821306403321 |
| Lo trovi qui: | Univ. Federico II |
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