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Gorilla Society

2008-09-15 Science
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Release : 2008-09-15
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Book Synopsis Gorilla Society by : Alexander H. Harcourt

Download or read book Gorilla Society written by Alexander H. Harcourt. This book was released on 2008-09-15. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Societies develop as a result of the interactions of individuals as they compete and cooperate with one another in the evolutionary struggle to survive and reproduce successfully. Gorilla society is arranged according to these different and sometimes conflicting evolutionary goals of the sexes. In seeking to understand why gorilla society exists as it does, Alexander H. Harcourt and Kelly J. Stewart bring together extensive data on wild gorillas, collected over decades by numerous researchers working in diverse habitats across Africa, to illustrate how the social system of gorillas has evolved and endured. Gorilla Society introduces recent theories explaining primate societies, describes gorilla life history, ecology, and social systems, and explores both sexes’ evolutionary strategies of survival and reproduction. With a focus on the future, Harcourt and Stewart conclude with suggestions for future research and conservation. An exemplary work of socioecology from two of the world’s best known gorilla biologists, Gorilla Society will be a landmark study on a par with the work of George Schaller—a synthesis of existing research on these remarkable animals and the societies in which they live.

Growing Up Gorilla

2019-09-03 Juvenile Nonfiction
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Release : 2019-09-03
Genre : Juvenile Nonfiction
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Book Synopsis Growing Up Gorilla by : Clare Hodgson Meeker

Download or read book Growing Up Gorilla written by Clare Hodgson Meeker. This book was released on 2019-09-03. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This heartwarming true story chronicles what happened after a mother gorilla gave birth for the first time and then walked away from her newborn baby at Seattle's Woodland Park. The dedicated staff worked tirelessly to find innovative ways for mother and baby to build a relationship. The efforts were ultimately successful, as baby Yola bonded with her mother and the rest of the family group.

Face to Face with Gorillas

2009 Juvenile Nonfiction
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Release : 2009
Genre : Juvenile Nonfiction
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Book Synopsis Face to Face with Gorillas by : Michael Nichols

Download or read book Face to Face with Gorillas written by Michael Nichols. This book was released on 2009. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Describes the gorillas in the African jungle and facts about the gorillas.

Animal Societies from the Bee to the Gorilla

1968 Animal behavior
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Release : 1968
Genre : Animal behavior
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Book Synopsis Animal Societies from the Bee to the Gorilla by : Rémy Chauvin

Download or read book Animal Societies from the Bee to the Gorilla written by Rémy Chauvin. This book was released on 1968. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: To what extent to insect societies differ from those of men and those of primates? Professor Remy Chauvin, a French biologist of great distinction, asks this and many related questions in his book and comes up with some startling answers. Perhaps the most striking point is that insect nests are not so much societies as organisms -- the individual bee or ant is only an abstraction, a part of a whole that functions like a computer. Thus organized, insect societies provide for agriculture, war, and slavery. Professor Chauvin also explores social organization in mammals and birds -- the demarcation of territory, the establishment of hierarchy, communication, ceremonial dances, and the presentation of gifts. Besides broad scientific knowledge, the author brings to his subject an intense love of countryside. The result: a valuable source of information written with a sense of wonder and joy.

The Year of the Gorilla

2010-10-15 Science
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Release : 2010-10-15
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Book Synopsis The Year of the Gorilla by : George B. Schaller

Download or read book The Year of the Gorilla written by George B. Schaller. This book was released on 2010-10-15. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This seminal work chronicles George B. Schaller’s two years of travel and observation of gorillas in East and Central Africa in the late 1950s, high in the Virunga volcanoes on the Zaire-Rwanda-Uganda border. There, he learned that these majestic animals, far from being the aggressive apes of film and fiction, form close-knit societies of caring mothers and protective fathers watching over playful young. Alongside his observations of gorilla society, Schaller celebrates the enforced yet splendid solitude of the naturalist, recounts the adventures he experienced along the way, and offers a warning against poaching and other human threats against these endangered creatures. This edition features a postscript detailing Schaller’s more recent visits with gorillas, current to 2009. “Whether the author is tracking gorillas, slipping past elephant herds on narrow jungle paths, avoiding poachers’ deadfalls, or routing Watusi invaders, this is an exciting book. Although Schaller feels that this is ‘not an adventure book,’ few readers will be able to agree.”—Irven DeVore, Science

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