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Comparative studies have become both more frequent and more important as a means for understanding the biology, behaviour and evolution of mammals. Primates have complex social relationships and diverse ecologies, and represent a large species radiation. This book draws together a wide range of experts from fields as diverse as reproductive biology and foraging energetics to place recent field research into a synthetic perspective. The chapters tackle controversial issues in primate biology and behaviour, including the role of brain expansion and infanticide in the evolution of primate behavioural strategies. The book also presents an overview of comparative methodologies as applied to recent primate research which will provide new approaches to comparative research. It will be of particular interest to primatologists, behavioural ecologists and those interested in the evolution of human social behaviour.

Primates --- Social evolution in animals. --- Social behavior in animals --- Quadrumana --- Mammals --- Behavior. --- Ecology. --- Evolution. --- Social evolution in animals --- Evolution --- Ecology --- Behavior --- Primates - Evolution --- Primates - Ecology --- Primates - Behavior

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Elephants have fascinated humans for millennia. Aristotle wrote of them with awe; Hannibal used them in warfare; and John Donne called the elephant "Nature's greatest masterpiece. . . . The only harmless great thing." Their ivory has been sought after and treasured in most cultures, and they have delighted zoo and circus audiences worldwide for centuries. But it wasn't until the second half of the twentieth century that people started to take an interest in elephants in the wild, and some of the most important studies of these intelligent giants have been conducted at Amboseli National Park in Kenya. The Amboseli Elephants is the long-awaited summation of what's been learned from the Amboseli Elephant Research Project (AERP)-the longest continuously running elephant research project in the world. Cynthia J. Moss and Harvey Croze, the founders of the AERP, and Phyllis C. Lee, who has been closely involved with the project since 1982, compile more than three decades of uninterrupted study of over 2,500 individual elephants, from newborn calves to adult bulls to old matriarchs in their 60s. Chapters explore such topics as elephant ecosystems, genetics, communication, social behavior, and reproduction, as well as exciting new developments from the study of elephant minds and cognition. The book closes with a view to the future, making important arguments for the ethical treatment of elephants and suggestions to aid in their conservation. The most comprehensive account of elephants in their natural environment to date, The Amboseli Elephants will be an invaluable resource for scientists, conservationists, and anyone interested in the lives and loves of these extraordinary creatures.

African elephant --- Ecology --- Habitat --- Behavior --- Reproduction. --- elephant, elephants, mammals, animals, psychology, psychological, amboseli national park, kenya, kenyan, africa, african, ecosystems, genetics, communication, social behavior, reproduction, cognition, ethical treatment, conservation, natural environment, conservationists, ecology, kilimanjaro, human connection, ranging, habitat, maasai, longevity, independence, leadership, community, population, signals, gestures.

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Mammals --- Primates --- Evolution --- Congresses.

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Conflicts about wildlife are usually portrayed and understood as resulting from the negative impacts of wildlife on human livelihoods or property. However, a greater depth of analysis reveals that many instances of human-wildlife conflict are often better understood as people-people conflict, wherein there is a clash of values between different human groups. Understanding Conflicts About Wildlife unites academics and practitioners from across the globe to develop a holistic view of these interactions. It considers the political and social dimensions of ‘human-wildlife conflicts’ alongside effective methodological approaches, and will be of value to academics, conservationists and policy makers.

Human-animal relationships. --- Wildlife management. --- Wildlife conservation. --- Wildlife depredation. --- academics. --- analysis of human wildlife conflicts. --- clash between different human groups. --- conservationists. --- develops holistic view. --- effective methodological approaches. --- human wildlife coexistence. --- human wildlife conflict. --- informative. --- inspiring. --- negative impacts of wildlife on humans. --- people people conflict. --- policy makers. --- raise awareness of human human conflicts. --- volume nine. --- wildlife conflicts.