Gorilla Society: Conflict, Compromise, and Cooperation Between the Sexes - Brossura

Harcourt, Alexander H.; Stewart, Kelly J.

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ISBN 10: 0226316033 ISBN 13: 9780226316031

Casa editrice: University of Chicago Press, 2007

Riassunto

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.

Su questo libro

L'autore:

Alexander H. Harcourt is professor of anthropology at the University of California, Davis.Kelly J. Stewart is research associate in the Department of Anthropology at the University of California, Davis.

Su questa edizione

• Editore: University of Chicago Press
• Data di pubblicazione: 2007
• ISBN 10: 0226316033
• ISBN 13: 9780226316031
• Rilegatura: Copertina flessibile
• Numero di pagine: 478