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 |
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Deep history [[electronic resource] ] : the architecture of past and present / / Andrew Shryock and Daniel Lord Smail ; with Timothy Earle ... [et al.] |
Autore | Shryock Andrew |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Berkeley, : University of California Press, c2011 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (360 p.) |
Disciplina | 599.93/8 |
Altri autori (Persone) |
SmailDaniel Lord
EarleTimothy K. <1946-> |
Soggetto topico |
Human evolution
Social evolution Anthropology, Prehistoric World history |
Soggetto non controllato |
anthropology books
archaeology and anthropology creation of politics culture and society evolutionary theory global history globalization historical africa historical biology history and politics history and prehistory history lover history of genetics history of language history of science human evolution human genes human history humanity over time man vs nature nature and evolution origin of mankind origin of society paleontology past and present primatology story of life world history |
ISBN |
1-283-27820-0
9786613278203 0-520-94966-8 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | pt. 1. Problems and orientations -- pt. 2. Frames for history in deep time -- pt. 3. Shared substance -- pt. 4. Human expansion. |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910781791103321 |
Shryock Andrew
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Eating apes [[electronic resource] /] / Dale Peterson ; with an afterword and photographs by Karl Ammann ; foreword by Janet K. Museveni |
Autore | Peterson Dale |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Berkeley, : University of California Press, 2003 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (349 p.) |
Disciplina | 333.95/98/0967 |
Altri autori (Persone) | AmmannKarl |
Collana | California studies in food and culture |
Soggetto topico |
Apes - Africa, Central
Wildlife conservation - Africa, Central Ape meat industry - Africa, Central |
Soggetto non controllato |
african apes
african forests american media ape populations ape slaughter asian companies bonobos bush meat central africa chimpanzees color photographs commercial ape meat conservation consumption of animals easy to read endangered species environmental loss european companies evolutionary relatives expose piece extinction gorillas great apes karl ammann logging nonfiction population collapse primates primatology |
ISBN |
1-282-35800-6
9786612358005 0-520-93842-9 |
Classificazione | WT 2789 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Machine generated contents note: Foreword, by Janet K. Museveni ix --INTRODUCTION 1 -- 1 LAUGHTER 3 -- 2 BEGINNINGS 18 -- 3 DEATH 37 -- 4 FLESH 57 -- 5 BLOOD 80 -- 6 BUSINESS 104 -- 7 DENIAL 226 -- 8 A STORY 151 -- 9 HISTORY 183 --Afterword, by Karl Ammann 211 --Appendix A. Saving the Apes 231 -- Appendix B. Further Reading 240 -- Appendix C. The Primate Family Tree 243 -- Appendix D. The HIV/SIV Family Tree 244 -- Maps 245 -- Notes 265 -- Bibliography 285 -- Acknowledgments 301 -- Index 305 --Color plates follow page 158. |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910778469303321 |
Peterson Dale
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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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