Gorillas, one of our closest living relatives, are the largest living primates, and teeter on the brink of extinction. This study offers the first comparative perspective on gorilla populations throughout their natural range, and covers all known subspecies. Discussing phylogeny, evolution, functional morphology, behavioral ecology and conservation biology, this multidisciplinary work will be essential reading for primatologists, anthropologists, animal behaviorists and evolutionary biologists.
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Gorillas are one of our closest living relatives, are the largest living primate, and teeter on the brink of extinction. Gorilla Biology offers the first comparative perspective on gorilla populations throughout their natural range, and covering all known subspecies. Discusing phylogeny, evolution, functional morphology, behavioural ecology and conservation biology, this multidisciplinary work will be essential reading for primatologists, anthropologists, animal behaviourists and evolutionary biologists.
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Gorillas rank highly among elephants, pandas, whales, polar bears, lions, orangutans, and other large mammals as awe-inspiring representatives of natura naturans (nature as creative) and natura naturata (nature as created). Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
species recognition studies, lateral facial height, gorilla densities, gorilla taxonomy, masticatory form, variance dimorphism, transect nest, gorilla subspecies, bimolar breadth, discrete trait analyses, gorilla crania, total nest counts, western lowland gorilla groups, nuchal surface, western gorillas, gorilla systematics, supraorbital torus height, gorilla sites, modern analog species, neurocranial length, other gorilla populations, symphyseal curvature, eastern gorillas, dietary resistance, variance polymorphism Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Cross River, New York, Bai Hokou, Central African Republic, American Journal of Physical Anthropology, Cambridge University Press, Plenum Press, Abong Mbang, Kahuzi-Biega National Park, Journal of Human Evolution, Democratic Republic of Congo, University of Chicago Press, Harvard University Press, Afi Mountain, Academic Press, Journal of Zoology, Smithsonian Institution Press, West Africa, American Journal of Primatology, Equatorial Guinea, Wildlife Conservation Society, Animal Behaviour, Boshi Extension, Columbia University Press, Stony Brook New!
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Gorillas rank highly among elephants, pandas, whales, polar bears, lions, orangutans, and other large mammals as awe-inspiring representatives of natura naturans (nature as creative) and natura naturata (nature as created). Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
species recognition studies, lateral facial height, gorilla densities, gorilla taxonomy, masticatory form, variance dimorphism, transect nest, gorilla subspecies, bimolar breadth, discrete trait analyses, gorilla crania, total nest counts, western lowland gorilla groups, nuchal surface, western gorillas, gorilla systematics, supraorbital torus height, gorilla sites, modern analog species, neurocranial length, other gorilla populations, symphyseal curvature, eastern gorillas, dietary resistance, variance polymorphism Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Cross River, New York, Bai Hokou, Central African Republic, American Journal of Physical Anthropology, Cambridge University Press, Plenum Press, Abong Mbang, Kahuzi-Biega National Park, Journal of Human Evolution, Democratic Republic of Congo, University of Chicago Press, Harvard University Press, Afi Mountain, Academic Press, Journal of Zoology, Smithsonian Institution Press, West Africa, American Journal of Primatology, Equatorial Guinea, Wildlife Conservation Society, Animal Behaviour, Boshi Extension, Columbia University Press, Stony Brook New!
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- Great Ape Societies by William C. McGrew on 5 pages
- Conservation of Biological Resources by E. J. Milner-Gulland on page 428, and page 463
- The Vegetation of Africa: A Descriptive Memoir to Accompany the Unesco/Aetfat/Unso Vegetation Map of Africa and Map by F. White on page 471
- Comparative Primate Socioecology (Cambridge Studies in Biological and Evolutionary Anthropology) by P. C. Lee in Front Matter
- Biotechnology and the Conservation of Genetic Diversity (Symposia of the Zoological Society of London) by H. D. M. Moore on page 245
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