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, Japan

Published: Cambridge, United Kingdom ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2015.
Physical Description: xv, 780 pages ; 26 cm
Additional Creators: Nakamura, Michio, 1971-

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Machine generated contents note: 1.Introduction / Michio Nakamura -- pt. I HISTORY AND OVERVIEW -- 2.Overview of the field site: Mahale Mountains and their surroundings / Noriko Itoh -- 3.Research history / Yukio Takahata -- 4.Chimpanzee distribution: accumulation of survey reports / Tetsuya Sakamaki -- 5.Who's who / Kazuhiko Hosaka -- pt. II SOCIAL ORGANIZATION -- 6.Social system: features and variations / Michio Nakamura -- 7.Demography of the M group / Michio Nakamura -- 8.Home range / Michio Nakamura -- 9.Fission-fusion grouping / Shunkichi Hanamura -- 10.Disappearance of K-group male chimpanzees: re-examination of group extinction / Yukio Takahata -- 11.Intergroup relationships / Michio Nakamura -- pt. III ECOLOGY -- 12.Climate and climatological trends in the Kasoje forest / Noriko Itoh -- 13.Mahale flora: its historical background and long-term changes / Michio Nakamura -- 14.Patterns and trends in fruiting phenology: some important implications for chimpanzee diet / Daisuke Muramatsu -- 15.Mammalian fauna / Hiroshi Ihobe -- 16.Interspecific relationships / Hiroshi Ihobe -- pt. IV FEEDING -- 17.Diet and feeding behavior / Michio Nakamura -- 18.Taste of chimpanzee foods / Takashi Hayakawa -- 19.Seeds from feces: implications for seed dispersal and fecal analyses / Noriko Itoh -- 20.Hunting and food sharing / Kazuhiko Hosaka -- 21.Insect-feeding behavior and insect fauna: with special reference to plant--insect relationships / Mieko Kiyono -- pt. V LIFE HISTORY AND HEALTH -- 22.Development and growth: with special reference to mother-infant relationships / Hitoshige Hayaki -- 23.Gerontology / Michael A. Huffman -- 24.Chimpanzee self-medication: a historical perspective of the key findings / Michael A. Huffman -- 25.Diseases and deaths: variety and impact on social life / Kazuhiko Hosaka -- 26.Conspecific killings / Noriko Itoh -- pt. VI SOCIAL RELATIONS -- 27.Male-male relationships / Michio Nakamura -- 28.Female-female relationships / Michio Nakamura -- 29.Male-female relationships: affiliative, interventional, and dominant-subordinate interactions / Shunkichi Hanamura -- 30.Orphans and allomothering / Kazuhiko Hosaka -- pt. VII SOCIAL BEHAVIOR -- 31.Intimidation display / Kazuhiko Hosaka -- 32.Aggression and conflict management / Kazuhiko Hosaka -- 33.Greetings and dominance / Hitoshige Hayaki -- 34.Grooming: its hygienic and social aspects / Michio Nakamura -- 35.Sexual behavior and mating strategies / Eiji Inoue -- 36.Social play: history of the studies at Mahale and a new perspective / Hitoshige Hayaki -- 37.Ethograms and the diversity of behaviors / Takahisa Matsusaka -- pt. VIII BEHAVIORAL DIVERSITY -- 38.Culture / Michio Nakamura -- 39.Vocal communication / Shunkichi Hanamura -- 40.Diversity of play / Michio Nakamura -- 41.Laterality of hand function / Linda F. Marchant -- 42.Use of tools and other objects / Hitonaru Nishie -- 43.Bed making and nocturnal behavior / Hiroshi Ihobe -- pt. IX FROM FIELD TO LAB -- 44.Field endocrinology / Shiho Fujita -- 45.Skeletal and dental morphology / Daisuke Shimizu -- 46.Genetic studies / Eiji Inoue -- 47.Internal parasites / Hideo Hasegawa -- pt. X PEOPLE AND CHIMPANZEES -- 48.Current status of tourism / Michio Nakamura -- 49.Culture and subsistence ecology of the Tongwe, and their significance in chimpanzee research / Michio Nakamura -- 50.Conservation and the future / Michio Nakamura -- Appendices -- Appendix I Floral list / Noriko Itoh -- Appendix II Dietary list / Michio Nakamura -- Appendix III Mammal list / Hiroshi Ihobe -- Appendix IV Meteorological data collected at Kansyana, 1983--2013 / Noriko Itoh -- Appendix V List of researchers who visited Mahale / Michio Nakamura -- Appendix VI List of abbreviations of Mahale chimpanzees' names / Michio Nakamura -- Appendix VII Research and conservation funds for Mahale / Michio Nakamura.

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9781107052314 (hardback)
1107052319 (hardback)

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Includes bibliographical references and index.

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