Mahale chimpanzees : 50 years of research / edited by Michio Nakamura, Wildlife Research Center, Kyoto University, Japan, Kazuhiko Hosaka, Kamakura Women's University, Japan, Noriko Itoh, Wildlife Research Center, Kyoto University, Japan, Koichiro Zamma, Graduate School of Asian and African Area Studies and Wildlife Research Center, Kyoto University. - New York : Cambridge University Press, (c)2015. - 1 online resource

Includes bibliographies and index.

Foreword / Preface / Introduction / History and Overview. -- Overview of the field site : Mahale Mountains and their surroundings / Research history / Chimpanzee distribution : accumulation of survey reports / Who's who / Social Organization. -- Social system : features and variations / Demography of the M group / Home range / Fission-fusion grouping / Disappearance of K-group male chimpanzees : re-examination of group extinction / Intergroup relationships / Ecology. -- Climate and climatological trends in the Kasoje forest / Mahale flora : its historical background and long-term changes / Patterns and trends in fruiting phenology : some important implications for chimpanzee diet / Mammalian fauna / Interspecific relationships / Feeding. -- Diet and feeding behavior / Taste of chimpanzee foods / Seeds from feces : implications for seed dispersal and fecal analyses / Hunting and food sharing / Insect-feeding behavior and insect fauna : with special reference to plant-insect relationships / Life History and Health. -- Development and growth : with special reference to mother-infant relationships / Gerontology / Chimpanzee self-medication : a historical perspective of the key findings / Diseases and deaths : variety and impact on social life / Conspecific killings / Social Relations. -- Male-male relationships / Female-female relationships / Male-female relationships : affiliative, interventional, and dominant-subordinate interactions / Orphans and allomothering / Social Behavior. -- Intimidation display / Aggression and conflict management / Greetings and dominance / Grooming : its hygienic and social aspects / Sexual behavior and mating strategies / Social play : history of the studies at Mahale and a new perspective / Ethograms and the diversity of behaviors / Behavioral Diversity. -- Culture / Vocal communication / Diversity of play / Laterality of hand function / Use of tools and other objects / Bed making and nocturnal behavior / From Field to Lab. -- Field endocrinology / Skeletal and dental morphology / Genetic studies / Internal parasites / People and Chimpanzees. -- Current status of tourism / Culture and subsistence ecology of the Tongwe, and their significance in chimpanzee research / Conservation and the future / Floral list / Dietary list / Mammal list / Meteorological data collected at Kansyana, 1983-2013 / List of researchers who visited Mahale / List of abbreviations of Mahale chimpanzees' names / Research and conservation funds for Mahale / Frans B.M. de Waal -- Michio Nakamura, Kazuhiko Hosaka, Noriko Itoh, and Koichiro Zamma -- Michio Nakamura -- Michio Nakamura and Noriko Itoh ; -- Michio Nakamura, Kazuhiko Hosaka, and Yukio Takahata ; -- Koichiro Zamma, Shunkichi Hanamura, and Tetsuya Sakamaki ; -- Kazuhiko Hosaka -- Noriko Itoh and Michio Nakamura ; -- Michio Nakamura ; -- Michio Nakamura ; -- Shunkichi Hanamura ; -- Yukio Takahata ; -- Tetsuya Sakamaki and Michio Nakamura -- Noriko Itoh ; -- Noriko Itoh and Michio Nakamura ; -- Noriko Itoh and Daisuke Muramatsu ; -- Hiroshi Ihobe ; -- Kazuhiko Hosaka and Hiroshi Ihobe -- Noriko Itoh and Michio Nakamura ; -- Takashi Hayakawa ; -- Michio Nakamura and Noriko Itoh ; -- Kazuhiko Hosaka ; -- Mieko Kiyono -- Takuya Matsumoto and Hitoshige Hayaki ; -- Kazuhiko Hosaka and Michael A. Huffman ; -- Michael A. Huffman ; -- Shunkichi Hanamura, Takanori Kooriyama, and Kazuhiko Hosaka ; -- Michio Nakamura and Noriko Itoh -- Kazuhiko Hosaka and Michio Nakamura ; -- Noriko Itoh and Michio Nakamura ; -- Shunkichi Hanamura ; -- Michio Nakamura and Kazuhiko Hosaka -- Kazuhiko Hosaka ; -- Nobuyuki Kutsukake and Kazuhiko Hosaka ; -- Tetsuya Sakamaki and Hitoshige Hayaki ; -- Koichiro Zamma and Michio Nakamura ; -- Shiho Fujita and Eiji Inoue ; -- Masaki Shimada, Takahisa Matsusaka, and Hitoshige Hayaki ; -- Koichiro Zamma and Takahisa Matsusaka -- Hitonaru Nishie and Michio Nakamura ; -- Kazuhiko Hosaka, Takahisa Matsusaka, and Shunkichi Hanamura ; -- Takahisa Matsusaka, Masaki Shimada, and Michio Nakamura ; -- Linda F. Marchant ; -- Hitonaru Nishie ; -- Koichiro Zamma and Hiroshi Ihobe -- Shiho Fujita ; -- Daisuke Shimizu ; -- Eiji Inoue ; -- Takanori Kooriyama and Hideo Hasegawa -- Michio Nakamura ; -- Michio Nakamura ; -- Kazuhiko Hosaka and Michio Nakamura -- compiled by Noriko Itoh ; -- compiled by Noriko Itoh, Koichiro Zamma, Takuya Matsumoto, Hitonaru Nishie, and Michio Nakamura ; -- compiled by Hiroshi Ihobe ; -- compiled by Noriko Itoh ; -- compiled by Michio Nakamura ; -- compiled by Michio Nakamura ; -- compiled by Michio Nakamura.

Long-term ecological research studies are rare and invaluable resources, particularly when they are as thoroughly documented as the Mahale Mountain Chimpanzee Project in Tanzania. Directed by Toshisada Nishida from 1965 until 2011, the project continues to yield new and fascinating findings about our closest neighbour species. In a fitting tribute to Nishida's contribution to science, this book brings together fifty years of research into one encyclopaedic volume. Alongside previously unpublished data, the editors include new translations of Japanese writings throughout the book to bring previously inaccessible work to non-Japanese speakers. The history and ecology of the site, chimpanzee behaviour and biology, and ecological management are all addressed through firsthand accounts by Mahale researchers. The authors highlight long-term changes in behaviour, where possible, and draw comparisons with other chimpanzee sites across Africa to provide an integrative view of chimpanzee research today.



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Chimpanzees--Tanzania--Mahale Mountains National Park.
Chimpanzees--Research--Tanzania--Mahale Mountains National Park.
Chimpanzees.
Animal behavior.
Culture.
Pan troglodytes
Behavior, Animal
Culture


Electronic Books.

QL737 / .M343 2015