Gorilla Society

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 Societyintroduces recent theories explaining primate societies, describes gorilla life history, ecology, and social systems, and explores both sexes evolutionary strategies of survival and reproduction. Withnbsp;a focus onnbsp;the future, Harcourt and Stewart conclude with suggestions for future research and conservation. An exemplary work of socioecology from two of the worlds best known gorilla biologists, Gorilla Societywill be a landmark study on a par with the work of George Schallera synthesis of existing research on these remarkable animals and the societies in which they live.

שנה

2007

שפה

English

הוצאה

University Of Chicago Press

מהדורות

2

עמודים

416

ISBN

9780226316024

מקור הנתונים: Wikidata