Among African apes [[electronic resource] ] : stories and photos from the field / / edited by Martha M. Robbins and Christophe Boesch |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Berkeley, : University of California Press, c2011 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (201 p.) |
Disciplina | 599.88096 |
Altri autori (Persone) |
RobbinsMartha M. <1967->
BoeschChristophe |
Soggetto topico |
Apes - Africa
Apes - Research - Africa Apes - Conservation Rare mammals - Africa |
Soggetto genere / forma | Electronic books. |
ISBN |
1-283-27793-X
9786613277930 0-520-94883-1 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | 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 -- Index |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910456878103321 |
Berkeley, : University of California Press, c2011 | ||
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Among African apes [[electronic resource] ] : stories and photos from the field / / edited by Martha M. Robbins and Christophe Boesch |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Berkeley, : University of California Press, c2011 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (201 p.) |
Disciplina | 599.88096 |
Altri autori (Persone) |
RobbinsMartha M. <1967->
BoeschChristophe |
Soggetto topico |
Apes - Africa
Apes - Research - Africa Apes - Conservation Rare mammals - Africa |
Soggetto non controllato |
africa
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 |
ISBN |
1-283-27793-X
9786613277930 0-520-94883-1 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | 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 -- Index |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910781375603321 |
Berkeley, : University of California Press, c2011 | ||
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Industrial agriculture and ape conservation / / editors Helga Rainer, Alison White, and Annette Lanjouw |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Cambridge : , : Cambridge University Press, , 2015 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (xxvi, 334 pages) : illustrations (chiefly color), color maps; digital, PDF file(s) |
Disciplina | 599.88 |
Collana | State of the apes |
Soggetto topico |
Apes - Conservation
Agriculture - Environmental aspects Apes - Effect of human beings on |
Soggetto non controllato |
primatology
primate welfare primate conservation conservation biology conservation policy |
ISBN | 1-316-48895-0 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Notes to readers; Acknowledgments; Apes overview; Introduction; Part I. Industrial Agriculture and Ape Conservation: 1. Economic development and conservation of biodiversity: understanding the interface of ape conservation and industrial agriculture; 2. Encroaching on ape habitat: deforestation and industrial agriculture in Cameroon, Liberia and on Borneo; 3. From habitat to plantation: causes of conversion in sub-Saharan Africa; 4. Legal frameworks at the interface between industrial agriculture and ape conservation; 5. From process to impact of a voluntary standard: the Roundtable on Sustainable Palm Oil; 6. Impacts of industrial agriculture on ape ecology; Part II. The Status and Welfare of Great Apes and Gibbons: 7. Ape populations over time: case studies from Gombe, Mount Halimun Salak, Sabangau and Wamba; 8. The status of captive apes; Annexes; Acronyms and abbreviations; Glossary; References; Index. |
Altri titoli varianti | Industrial Agriculture & Ape Conservation |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910266959803321 |
Cambridge : , : Cambridge University Press, , 2015 | ||
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