An edition of Primates of Gashaka (2010)

Primates of Gashaka

socioecology and conservation in Nigeria's biodiversity hotspot

Primates of Gashaka
Volker Sommer, Volker Sommer
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An edition of Primates of Gashaka (2010)

Primates of Gashaka

socioecology and conservation in Nigeria's biodiversity hotspot

The Gashaka Primate Project has grown into one of the largest research and conservation activities in West Africa. At present, it keeps going on the initiative of the editors of this volume and their academic home institutions. The appearance of this volume marks the 10th anniversary of the Gashaka Primate Project.

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Springer
Language
English
Pages
531

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Table of Contents

Exploring and protecting West Africa's primates : the Gashaka Primate Project in context / Volker Sommer and Caroline Ross
To save a wilderness : the creation and development of Gashaka Gumti National Park, Nigeria / Richard Barnwell
Hunters, fire, cattle : conservation challenges in eastern Nigeria, with special reference to chimpanzees / Jeremiah Adanu, Volker Sommer, and Andrew Fowler
Monkeys and apes as animals and humans : ethno-primatology in Nigeria's Taraba region / Gilbert Nyanganji, ... [et al.]
The bush as pharmacy and supermarket : mechanisms and functions of plant use by human and non-human primates at Gashaka / Yianna Koutsioni and Volker Sommer
Fulani of the highlands : costs and benefits of living in national park enclaves / David Bennett and Caroline Ross
Pan-African voyagers : the phylogeography of baboons / Dietmar Zinner, ... [et al.]
Crop-raiding and commensalism in olive baboons : the costs and benefits of living with humans / Ymke Warren, ... [et al.]
How different are Gashaka's baboons? Forest and open country populations compared / Caroline Ross, ... [et al.]
Keeping in contact : flexibility in calls of olive baboons / Elodie Ey and Julia Fischer
Not words but meanings? Alarm calling behaviour in a forest guenon / Kate Arnold, Yvonne Pohlner, and Klaus Zuberbühler
Patriarchal chimpanzees, matriarchal bonobos : potential ecological causes of a Pan dichotomy / Volker Sommer, ... [et al.]
Panthropology of the fourth chimpanzee : a contribution to cultural primatology / Andrew Fowler, ... [et al.]
Will the Nigeria-Cameroon chimpanzee go extinct? Models derived from intake rates of ape sanctuaries / Nicola Hughes, ... [et al.].

Edition Notes

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Published in
New York
Series
Developments in primatology, Developments in primatology
Copyright Date
2011

Classifications

Library of Congress
QL737.P9 P684 2010, QL1-991QH541.15.B56Q

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Pagination
xviii, 531 p. :
Number of pages
531

Edition Identifiers

Open Library
OL24886524M
ISBN 10
1441974024
ISBN 13
9781441974020
LCCN
2011282214
OCLC/WorldCat
648933298

Work Identifiers

Work ID
OL15981440W

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