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Title Primates of western Uganda / edited by Nicholas E. Newton-Fisher [and others]
Published New York, NY : Springer, ©2006

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Description 1 online resource (xvi, 516 pages) : illustrations, maps
Series Developments in primatology : progress and prospects
Developments in primatology.
Contents Taxonomy and biogeography of the primates of western Uganda / Colin Groves -- Factors influencing variation in the population densities of Colobus guereza within selectively logged forest at the Budongo Reserve : the importance of lianas during a subsistence diet / Graham Anthony Preece -- How does the golden monkey of the Virungas cope in a fruit-scarce environment? / Dennis Twinomugish [and others] -- The diet of olive baboons (Papio anubis) in Budongo Forest Reserve, Uganda / Adam Alberts Okecha and Nicholas E. Newton-Fisher -- Aspects of diet, foraging, and seed predation in Ugandan forest baboons / James D. Paterson -- The interaction of hormones with ecological factors in male Budongo Forest chimpanzees / Sally B. Seraphin, Patricia L. Whitten, and Vernon Reynolds -- The role of diet in self-medication among chimpanzees in the Sonso and Kanyawara communities, Uganda / Paula Pebsworth, Sabrina Krief, and Michael A. Huffman -- Geophagy in chimpanzees (Pan troglodytes schweinfurthii) of the Budongo Forest Reserve, Uganda : a multidisciplinary study / Mnason Tweheyo [and others] -- Nutritional aspects of the diet of wild gorillas : how do Bwindi gorillas compare? / Jessica M. Rothman [and others] -- The parasites of the gorillas in Bwindi Impenetrable National Park, Uganda / Jessica M. Rothman [and others] -- Preliminary GIS analysis of range use by sympatric mountain gorillas and chimpanzees in Bwindi Impenetrable National Park, Uganda / J. Bosco Nkurunungi and Craig B. Stanford
Comparison of sex differences in gregariousness in fission-fusion species : reducing bias by standardizing for party size / Melissa Emery Thompson and Richard W. Wrangham -- Urinary estrone conjugates and reproductive parameters in Kibale (Kanyawara) and Budongo (Sonso) chimpanzees / Melissa Emery Thompson, Richard W. Wrangham, and Vernon Reynolds -- Frequent copulations by females and high promiscuity in chimpanzees in the Kalinzu Forest, Uganda / Chie Hashimoto and Takeshi Furuichi -- Effects of injury on the locomotion of free-living chimpanzees in the Budongo Forest Reserve, Uganda / Julie Munn -- Effect of snare injuries on the fig-feeding behavior of chimpanzees of the Budongo Forest, Uganda : behavioral adaptations and long-term implications / Emma J. Stokes and Richard W. Byrne -- Deciphering junglespeak : an update on chimpanzee vocalizations, referential communication, and their relationship to language / Hugh Notman -- Instrumental leaf use by chimpanzees of the Budongo Forest (Sonso community) / Duane Quiatt -- A survey of prosimians in the national parks and forest reserves of Uganda / Lesley Ambrose -- The diets, preferences, and overlap of the primate community in the Budongo Forest Reserve, Uganda : effects of logging on primate diets / Andrew J. Plumptre -- Behavioral patterns of colobus in logged and unlogged forests : the conservation value of harvested forests / Colin A. Chapman, Michael D. Wasserman, and Thomas R. Gillespie -- Threats to, and protection of, the chimpanzees of the Budongo Forest Reserve / Vernon Reynolds -- Gorillas living on the edge : literally and figuratively / Michele L. Goldsmith, Joel Glick, and Evarist Ngabirano -- Local ecological perceptions of chimpanzees and forest resources : a case study near Budongo Forest, Uganda / Cristy Watkins
Analysis dierecologie
animal ecology
ontogenie
ontogeny
primaten
primates
gedragswetenschappen
behavioural sciences
uganda
Zoology (General)
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 439-508) and index
Notes Print version record
In Springer e-books
Subject Primates -- Uganda
Primates.
Animals
Primates
Primates (order)
SCIENCE -- Life Sciences -- Zoology -- Primatology.
NATURE -- Animals -- Primates.
Primates -- Uganda.
Biomédecine.
Sciences de la vie.
Primates
Uganda
Form Electronic book
Author Newton-Fisher, Nicholas E.
ISBN 9780387335056
0387335056
0387323422
9780387323428
1280800275
9781280800276
9786610800278
6610800278