Description: Orangutans : Geographic Variation in Behavioral Ecology and Conservation, Hardcover by Wich, Serge A. (EDT); Atmoko, S. Suci Utami (EDT); Setia, Tatang Mitra (EDT); van Schaik, Carel P. (EDT), ISBN 0199213275, ISBN-13 9780199213276, Like New Used, Free shipping in the US This book describes one of our closest relatives, the orangutan, and the only extant great ape in Asia. It is increasingly clear that orangutan populations show extensive variation in behavioral ecology, morphology, life history, and genes. Indeed, on the strength of the latest genetic and morphological evidence, it has been proposed that orangutans actually constitute two species which diverged more than a million years ago - one on the island of Sumatra the other on Borneo, with the latter comprising three subspecies. This book has two main aims. The first is to carefully compare data from every orangutan research site, examining the differences and similarities between orangutan species, subspecies and populations. The second is to develop a theoretical framework in which these differences and similarities can be explained. To achieve these goals the editors have assembled the world's leading orangutan experts to rigorously synthesize and compare the data, quantify the similarities or differences, and seek to explain them. Orangutans is the first synthesis of orangutan biology to adopt this novel, comparative approach. It analyses and compares the latest data, developing a theoretical framework to explain morphological, life history, and behavioral variation. Intriguingly, not all behavioral differences can be attributed to ecological variation between and within the two islands; relative rates of social learning also appear to have been influential. Th also emphasizes the crucial impact of human settlement on orangutans and looks ahead to the future prospects for the survival of critically endangered natural populations.
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Book Title: Orangutans : Geographic Variation in Behavioral Ecology and Conse
Number of Pages: 464 Pages
Language: English
Publication Name: Orangutans : Geographic Variation in Behavioral Ecology and Conservation
Publisher: Oxford University Press, Incorporated
Item Height: 1.1 in
Subject: Life Sciences / Zoology / Primatology, Life Sciences / Zoology / General
Publication Year: 2009
Item Weight: 38.8 Oz
Type: Textbook
Item Length: 10 in
Subject Area: Science
Author: S. Suci Utami Atmoko
Item Width: 7.7 in
Format: Hardcover
