West African Chimpanzees

Author : Rebecca Kormos
Publisher : World Conservation Union
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 238 pages
Book Rating : 4.98/5 ( download)

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Download or read book West African Chimpanzees written by Rebecca Kormos and published by World Conservation Union. This book was released on 2003 with total page 238 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Wild chimpanzees are only found in tropical Africa, where their populations have declined by more than 66% in the last 30 years. This Action Plan focuses on one of the four chimpanzee subspecies, the western chimpanzee, which is one of the two subspecies most threatened with extinction. This publication presents a plan for action that represents a consensus among all parties concerned with the conservation of chimpanzees.

Author : Heidi Moore
Publisher : Raintree
ISBN 13 : 1406233099
Total Pages : 50 pages
Book Rating : 4.94/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Chimpanzees written by Heidi Moore and published by Raintree. This book was released on 2013-04-11 with total page 50 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Chimpanzees explores the fascinating world of primates. The title includes information about classification, habitats, adaptations, food chains, behaviour, and intelligence. Readers will also learn about the threats these creatures face, how they can help protect them and their habitats, and what the future holds for them.

Author : Tetsuro Matsuzawa
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
ISBN 13 : 4431539212
Total Pages : 464 pages
Book Rating : 4.16/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Chimpanzees of Bossou and Nimba written by Tetsuro Matsuzawa and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2011-05-06 with total page 464 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The chimpanzees of Bossou in Guinea, West Africa, form a unique community which displays an exceptional array of tool use behaviors and behavioral adaptations to coexistence with humans. This community of Pan troglodytes verus has contributed more than three decades of data to the field of cultural primatology, especially chimpanzees’ flexible use of stones to crack open nuts and of perishable tools during foraging activities. The book highlights the special contribution of the long-term research at Bossou and more recent studies in surrounding areas, particularly in the Nimba Mountains and the forest of Diécké, to our understanding of wild chimpanzees’ tool use, cognitive development, lithic technology and culture. This compilation of research principally strives to uncover the complexity of the mind and behavioral flexibility of our closest living relatives. This work also reveals the necessity for ongoing efforts to conserve chimpanzees in the region. Chimpanzees have shed more light on our evolutionary origins than any other extant species in the world, yet their numbers in the wild are rapidly declining. In that sense, the Bossou chimpanzees and their neighbors clearly embody an invaluable cultural heritage for humanity as a whole. Readers can enjoy video clips illustrating unique behaviors of Bossou chimpanzees, in an exclusive DVD accompanying the hardcover or at a dedicated website described in the softcover.

Author : John F. Oates
Publisher : Conservation International Tropical Field Guides
ISBN 13 : 9781934151488
Total Pages : 555 pages
Book Rating : 4.83/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Primates of West Africa written by John F. Oates and published by Conservation International Tropical Field Guides. This book was released on 2011 with total page 555 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Jill Pruetz
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780226837529
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.21/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Apes on the Edge written by Jill Pruetz and published by . This book was released on 2025-01-16 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A moving story of survival and an eye-opening introduction to an extraordinary community of chimps and people. Fongoli chimpanzees are unique for many reasons. Their female hunters are the only apes that regularly hunt with tools, seeking out tiny bushbabies with wooden spears. Unlike most other chimps, these apes fear neither water nor fire, using shallow pools to cool off in the Senegalese heat. Up to ninety percent of their home range burns annually--the result of human hunting or clearing for gold mining--and Fongoli chimpanzees have learned to predict the movement of such fires and to avoid them. The study of Fongoli chimps is also unique. While most primate research occurs in isolated reserves, Fongoli chimpanzees live alongside humans, and as primatologist and anthropologist Jill Pruetz reports, this shared habitat creates both challenges and opportunities. The issues faced by Fongoli chimpanzees--particularly food scarcity and environmental degradation--are also issues faced by their human neighbors. This connection is one reason Pruetz, who has studied Fongoli apes for over two decades, created the nonprofit Neighbor Ape in 2008 to provide for the welfare of the humans who share their landscape with apes. It is also why Pruetz decided to write this book, the first to offer readers a view of these chimps' lives and to explain the specific conservation efforts needed to help them. Incorporating stories from Pruetz's time in the field, including a compelling rescue mission of a young chimp from poachers, Apes on the Edge opens a fascinating window into primate research, conservation, and the inner workings of a very special population of our closest nonhuman relatives.

Author : Anne E. Russon
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
ISBN 13 : 9780521644969
Total Pages : 484 pages
Book Rating : 4.68/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Reaching Into Thought written by Anne E. Russon and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 1998-11-26 with total page 484 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book investigates current field and theoretical information on great ape cognition.

Author : Helmut Albrecht
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 148 pages
Book Rating : 4.68/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Chimpanzees in Western Africa written by Helmut Albrecht and published by . This book was released on 1971 with total page 148 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Christophe Boesch
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
ISBN 13 : 1108481558
Total Pages : 489 pages
Book Rating : 4.57/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Chimpanzees of the Taï Forest written by Christophe Boesch and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2019-11-28 with total page 489 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An engaging account of the research and key findings on Taï chimpanzees to celebrate the 40th anniversary of this project.

Author : John F. Oates
Publisher : Conservation International Tropical Pocket Guide Series
ISBN 13 : 9781934151228
Total Pages : 20 pages
Book Rating : 4.2X/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Primates of West Africa written by John F. Oates and published by Conservation International Tropical Pocket Guide Series. This book was released on 2010 with total page 20 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Laminated identification guide illustrating 60 species of extant nonhuman primates (galagos, pottos, mangabeys, angwantibo, drills, baboons, monkeys, colobus monkeys, gorillas and chimpanzees) in west Africa. Covers the primates to the north and west of the Sanaga River in Cameroon, including those of the following countries: Benin, Burkina Faso, Cameroon, Côte d'Ivoire, Bioko Island, Equatorial Guinea, The Gambia, Ghana, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Liberia, Mali, Mauritania, Niger, Nigeria, Senegal, Sierra Leone, and Togo.

Author : Richard W. Wrangham
Publisher : Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
ISBN 13 : 9780395877432
Total Pages : 372 pages
Book Rating : 4.31/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Demonic Males written by Richard W. Wrangham and published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. This book was released on 1996 with total page 372 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Whatever their virtues, men are more violent than women. Why do men kill, rape, and wage war, and what can be done about it? Drawing on the latest discoveries about human evolution and about our closest living relatives, the great apes, "Demonic Males" offers some startling new answers to these questions.