Great Ape Societies: Comparative socio–ecology of gorillas
Great Ape Societies: Comparative socio–ecology of gorillas
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类人猿社会:大猩猩的比较社会生态学
DOI:
10.1017/cbo9780511752414.004
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发表时间:
1996
影响因子:
2.5
通讯作者:
D. Watts
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作者:
D. Watts
Great apes have remarkably diverse social systems. For example, only in gorillas do females live in stable, cohesive groups and associate permanently with males and do males show conditional dispersal. However, all apes show female dispersal from natal groups or home ranges and are nonfemale bonded (sensu Wrangham, 1980). Female African great apes transfer directly between groups or communities, behavior unusual in gregarious mammals (Greenwood, 1980; Pusey & Packer, 1987). These and other contrasts and similarities raise questions about variation in the costs and benefits of group living, of permanent malefemale association, and of dispersal and philopatry (Wrangham 1979, 1980, 1982, 1987; van Schaik, 1989). Here, I review aspects of gorilla ecology, life history strategies and mating tactics, and social relationships, with a focus on the ecology of female social relationships and on female transfer. I mostly cover mountain gorillas