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Primates of Gashaka

Socioecology and Conservation in Nigeria’s Biodiversity Hotspot

  • This book follows the efforts of the The Gashaka Primate Project, which has grown into one of the largest research and conservation activities in West Africa
  • The appearance of this volume marks the 10th anniversary of the Gashaka Primate Project
  • A truly international effort, the book details the work from researchers in 33 institutions in 10 countries

Part of the book series: Developments in Primatology: Progress and Prospects (DIPR, volume 35)

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Table of contents (14 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xviii
  2. Monkeys and Apes as Animals and Humans: Ethno-Primatology in Nigeria’s Taraba Region

    • Gilbert Nyanganji, Andrew Fowler, Aylin McNamara, Volker Sommer
    Pages 101-134
  3. Pan-African Voyagers: The Phylogeography of Baboons

    • Dietmar Zinner, Umaru Buba, Stephen Nash, Christian Roos
    Pages 319-358
  4. Crop-raiding and Commensalism in Olive Baboons: The Costs and Benefits of Living with Humans

    • Ymke Warren, James P. Higham, Ann M. Maclarnon, Caroline Ross
    Pages 359-384
  5. How Different Are Gashaka’s Baboons? Forest and Open Country Populations Compared

    • Caroline Ross, Ymke Warren, Ann M. Maclarnon, James P. Higham
    Pages 385-411
  6. Keeping in Contact: Flexibility in Calls of Olive Baboons

    • Elodie Ey, Julia Fischer
    Pages 413-436
  7. Not Words but Meanings? Alarm Calling Behaviour in a Forest Guenon

    • Kate Arnold, Yvonne Pohlner, Klaus Zuberbühler
    Pages 437-468
  8. Patriarchal Chimpanzees, Matriarchal Bonobos: Potential Ecological Causes of a Pan Dichotomy

    • Volker Sommer, Jan Bauer, Andrew Fowler, Sylvia Ortmann
    Pages 469-501
  9. Panthropology of the Fourth Chimpanzee: A Contribution to Cultural Primatology

    • Andrew Fowler, Alejandra Pascual-Garrido, Umaru Buba, Sandra Tranquilli, Callistus Akosim, Caspar Schöning et al.
    Pages 503-544
  10. Will the Nigeria-Cameroon Chimpanzee Go Extinct? Models Derived from Intake Rates of Ape Sanctuaries

    • Nicola Hughes, Norm Rosen, Neil Gretsky, Volker Sommer
    Pages 545-575
  11. Back Matter

    Pages 525-531

About this book

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

Reviews

From the reviews:

“This is an important publication about a little-known and only recently explored and studied area for African primates. … It achieves the stated aim of the editors for the contributions to be of an interdisciplinary dimension from across the African continent. … sections of the book are well illustrated by figures, maps, and photographs. Each chapter is well supported by references and several chapters have useful appendices. … excellent source material and much more, for those interested in nature conservation and primates in West Africa.” (Ray Heaton, Primate Eye, June, 2012)

“The editors and authors provide a definitive summary of interdisciplinary research activities carried out at the park by the Gashaka Primate Project (GPP) over the first 10 years of the organization’s existence. … Primates of Gashaka is essential reading for anyone interested primates or biodiversity conservation in western Africa, and it is destined to become a classic reference for primatologists, biologists, anthropologists, decision-makers, and conservationists.” (Mary Katherine Gonder, The Quarterly Review of Biology Vol. 87 (4), December, 2012)

Editors and Affiliations

  • Fac. Arts, Dept. Anthropology, University College London, London, United Kingdom

    Volker Sommer

  • School of Human & Life Sciences, Roehampton University, London, United Kingdom

    Caroline Ross

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Softcover Book USD 169.99
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