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Primates face to face : conservation implications of human and nonhuman primate interconnections /

Despite being our closest evolutionary relatives most non-human primate species now face an uncertain future. Primates Face to Face examines the diverse and fascinating range of relationships between humans and other primates, and how this plays a critical role in their conservation.

Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Otros Autores: Fuentes, Agustin, Wolfe, Linda D., 1942-
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Cambridge, UK ; New York, NY : Cambridge University Press, 2002.
Colección:Cambridge studies in biological and evolutionary anthropology ; 29.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Anthropology and primatology / Phyllis Dolhinow
  • Resistance to the cross-species perspective in anthropology / Mary M. Pavelka
  • The ethics and efficacy of biomedical research in chimpanzees with special regard to HIV research / Roger S. Fouts, Deborah H. Fouts and Gabriel S. Waters
  • Monkey as food, monkey as child: Guajá symbolic cannibalism / Loretta Ann Cormier
  • Ethnoecology of monkeys among the Barí of Venezuela: perception, use and conservation / Manuel Lizarralde
  • Primates in Matsigenka subsistence and world view / Glenn H. Shepard
  • Monkey king in China: basis for a conservation policy? / Frances D. Burton
  • Reflections on the concept of nature and gorillas in Rwanda: implications and conservation / Pascale Sicotte and Prosper Uwengeli
  • Monkeys, humans and politics in the Mentawai Islands: no simple solution in a complex world / Agustín Fuentes
  • Conservation must pursue human-nature biosynergy in the era of social chaos and bushmeat commerce / Anthony L. Rose
  • A cultural primatological study of Macaca fasicularis on Ngeaur Island, Republic of Palau / Bruce Wheatley [and others]
  • Monkeys in the backyard: encroaching wildlife and rural communities in Japan / David S. Sprague
  • The primatologist as minority advocate / Ardith A. Eudey
  • Monkey business? The conservation implications of macaque ethnoprimatology in southern Thailand / Leslie E. Sponsel, Nukul Ruttanadakul and Poranee Natadecha-Sponsel
  • Rhesus macaques: a comparative study of two sites, Jaipur, India, and Silver Springs, Florida / Linda D. Wolfe.