Gorilla Society
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Gorilla Society

Conflict, Compromise, and Cooperation Between the Sexes

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Gorilla Society

Conflict, Compromise, and Cooperation Between the Sexes

About this book

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 Schallerā€”a synthesis of existing research on these remarkable animals and the societies in which they live.

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Table of contents

  1. CONTENTS
  2. Acknowledgments
  3. PART 1. INTRODUCTION
  4. CHAPTER 1. INTRODUCTION
  5. CHAPTER 2. PRIMATE SOCIOECOLOGY: A BRIEF INTRODUCTION
  6. PART 2. GORILLAS, ECOLOGY, AND SOCIETY
  7. CHAPTER 3. INTRODUCING GORILLAS: SOME BACKGROUND
  8. CHAPTER 4. GORILLA ECOLOGY AND SOCIETY: A BRIEF DESCRIPTION
  9. PART 3. FEMALE STRATEGIES AND GORILLA SOCIETY
  10. CHAPTER 5. FEMALE STRATEGIES AND SOCIETY: FOOD AND GROUPING
  11. CHAPTER 6. FEMALE STRATEGIES: MALE INFLUENCES ON FEMALESā€™COMPETITION, COOPERATION, AND GROUPING
  12. CHAPTER 7. FEMALE STRATEGIES: MALE INFLUENCES; JOINING A PROTECTIVE MALE
  13. CHAPTER 8. FEMALE STRATEGIES: MALE INFLUENCES; EMIGRATION AND CHOICE OF MALES
  14. CHAPTER 9. FEMALE STRATEGIES: CONFLICT, COMPROMISE, AND COOPERATION BETWEEN THE SEXES
  15. PART 4. MALE STRATEGIES AND GORILLA SOCIETY
  16. CHAPTER 10. MALE STRATEGIES AND SOCIETY: INFLUENCES OF THE ENVIRONMENT AND OF FEMALES
  17. CHAPTER 11. MALE MATING STRATEGIES AND GORILLA SOCIETY
  18. CHAPTER 12. MALE STRATEGIES AND THE NATURE OF SOCIETY: CONFLICT, COMPROMISE, AND COOPERATION BETWEEN THE SEXES
  19. PART 5. GORILLA SOCIETY: THE FUTURE
  20. CHAPTER 13. GORILLA AND PRIMATE SOCIOECOLOGY: THE FUTURE
  21. CHAPTER 14. SOCIOECOLOGY AND GORILLA CONSERVATION
  22. References
  23. Author Index
  24. Subject Index