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Primates of Gashaka

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KlappentextThe Gashaka Primate Project has grown into one of the largest research and conservation activities in West Africa. At present, it keeps going on the initiative of the editors of this volume and their academic home institutions.The appearance of this volume marks the 10th anniversary of the Gashaka Primate Project
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Erscheinungsjahr2010
Erscheinungsdatum23.11.2010
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ReiheDevelopments in Primatology: Progress and Prospects
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Seiten534 Seiten
SpracheEnglisch
IllustrationenXVIII, 534 p.
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Inhaltsverzeichnis
1;Foreword;8
2;Contents;10
3;Contributors;12
4;Bio-Sketches;16
5;Chapter 1: Exploring and Protecting West Africa s Primates: The Gashaka Primate Project in Context;20
5.1;The Remote Wilderness of Gashaka;21
5.2;A Fragile Paradise;24
5.3;The Gashaka Primate Project;26
5.4;Research as Conservation;28
5.5;An International Network;32
5.6;Contributions to Primates of Gashaka;35
5.7;Those Who Made It Happen;40
5.8;Looking Towards the Future;41
5.9;Literature;42
5.10;Appendix 1. Climate in Study Areas at Kwano and Gashaka;43
5.10.1;Summary of Weather Parameters, 2000 - 2008;43
5.10.2;Rainfall Pattern;46
5.11;Appendix 2. Publications of the Gashaka Primate Project;46
5.11.1;Total;46
5.11.2;Books;46
5.11.3;Research Articles in Journals & Edited Volumes;47
5.11.4;Unpublished Reports;48
5.11.5;PhD Theses (completed);48
5.11.6;PhD Theses (expecting completion; working titles)49
5.11.7;Masters Dissertations and Diplomarbeiten;49
5.11.8;Undergraduate Dissertations;50
5.11.9;Popular Writing;53
5.11.10;Documentaries;54
5.12;Appendix 3. Affiliates and Supporters of the Gashaka Primate Project;54
5.12.1;Core Funding;54
5.12.2;Cooperation and Logistic Support;54
5.12.3;Infrastructural Development, in Particular Power-Island at Kwano Field Station and Radio Communication Throughout Gashaka Gumti National Park;55
5.12.4;Webmaster;56
5.12.5;Volunteers;56
5.12.6;GPP Field Assistants and Camp Management;56
5.12.7;Contact;56
6;Chapter 2: To Save a Wilderness: The Creation and Development of Gashaka Gumti National Park, Nigeria;57
6.1;Early Efforts of Protection;57
6.2;From Fragile Reserve to Full-Fledged Park;64
6.3;Future Challenges;68
6.4;Literature;72
7;Chapter 3: Hunters, Fire, Cattle: Conservation Challenges in Eastern Nigeria, with Special Reference to Chimpanzees;73
7.1;Introduction;74
7.2;Materials and Methods;76
7.2.1;The Taraba Region;76
7.2.1.1;Political and Socioeconomic History;76
7.2.1.2;Physical Environment and Habitat Types;77
7.2.2;Gashaka Gumti National Park;79
7.2.3;Surveys;79
7.3;Results;82
7.3.1;Potential Northern Distribution: Shebshi Mountains;82
7.3.2;Southern Distribution: Cameroon Border;83
7.3.3;Vicinity of the National Park;84
7.3.4;Gashaka Gumti National Park (GGNP);84
7.4;Discussion;85
7.4.1;Trends of Chimpanzee Distribution;86
7.4.1.1;Shebshi Mountains and Northern Distribution;86
7.4.1.2;Cameroon Border and Southern Distribution;86
7.4.1.3;Park Vicinity;86
7.4.1.4;Gashaka Gumti National Park;86
7.4.2;Hunting, Burning, Grazing: Main Threats to Wildlife;92
7.4.3;Factors Aiding Conservation;95
7.4.3.1;Community-based Approaches;95
7.4.3.2;Protected Areas and Law Enforcement;96
7.4.3.3;Research;97
7.4.3.4;Prospects;97
7.5;Acknowledgements;98
7.6;Literature;99
7.7;Appendix. Narratives of Foot Surveys of Chimpanzee Habitats in the Taraba Region;102
7.7.1;Cameroon Border (Southern Distribution);102
7.7.1.1;Bissaula;102
7.7.1.1.1;Survey rationale, date and team;102
7.7.1.1.2;Survey narrative;102
7.7.1.1.3;Large mammals;103
7.7.1.1.4;Chimpanzee distribution;103
7.7.1.1.5;Conservation prospects;103
7.7.1.2;Zedah / Buru;103
7.7.1.2.1;Survey Rationale, Date and Team;103
7.7.1.2.2;Survey Narrative;104
7.7.1.2.3;Large Mammals;104
7.7.1.2.4;Chimpanzee Distribution;105
7.7.1.2.5;Conservation Prospects;105
7.7.2;Shebshi Mountains (Potential Northern Distribution);106
7.7.2.1;Dakka;106
7.7.2.1.1;Survey Rationale, Date and Team;106
7.7.2.1.2;Survey Narrative;106
7.7.2.1.3;Large Mammals;106
7.7.2.1.4;Chimpanzee Distribution;107
7.7.2.1.5;Conservation Prospects;107
7.7.2.2;Vogel Peak;107
7.7.2.2.1;Survey Rationale, Date and Team;107
7.7.2.2.2;Survey Narrative;107
7.7.2.2.3;Large Mammals;108
7.7.2.2.4;Chimpanzee Distribution;108
7.7.2.2.5;Conservation Prospects;108
7.7.3;Park Support Zone;108
7.7.3.1;Ngel Nyaki;108
7.7.3.1.1;Survey Rationale, Date and Team;108
7.7.3.1.2;Survey Narrative;108
7.7.3.1.3;Large Mammals;109
7.7.3.1.4;Chimpanzee Distribution;109
7.7.3.1.5;Conservation Prospects;110
7.7.3.2;Alekum;110
7.7.3.2.1;Survey Rationale, Date and Team;110
7.7.3.2.2;Survey Narrative;110
7.7.3.2.3;Large Mammals;111
7.7.3.2.4;Chimpanzee Distribution;111
7.7.3.2.5;Conservation Prospects;111
7.7.4;Gashaka Gumti National Park;111
7.7.4.1;Chappal Wade to Mambilla Plateau;111
7.7.4.1.1;Survey Rationale, Date and Team;111
7.7.4.1.2;Survey Narrative;112
7.7.4.1.3;Large Mammals;113
7.7.4.1.4;Chimpanzee Distribution;113
7.7.4.1.5;Conservation Prospects;113
7.7.4.2;Gamgam Headwaters;114
7.7.4.2.1;Survey Rationale, Date and Team;114
7.7.4.2.2;Survey Narrative;114
7.7.4.2.3;Large Mammals;115
7.7.4.2.4;Chimpanzee Distribution;116
7.7.4.2.5;Conservation prospects;116
7.7.4.3;Eastern Enclaves from Chappal Delam to Filinga;116
7.7.4.3.1;Survey Rationale, Date and Team;116
7.7.4.3.2;Survey Narrative;117
7.7.4.3.3;Large Mammals;117
7.7.4.3.4;Chimpanzee Distribution;117
7.7.4.3.5;Conservation Prospects;117
8;Chapter 4: Monkeys and Apes as Animals and Humans: Ethno-Primatology in Nigeria s Taraba Region;118
8.1;Introduction;119
8.2;Materials and Methods;122
8.3;Results;126
8.3.1;General Knowledge About Monkeys and Apes;126
8.3.2;Hunting of Primates;130
8.3.3;Bush-meat Consumption;131
8.3.4;Primates as Pets;134
8.3.5;Attitudes Towards Protection;135
8.3.6;Primate Populations in Taraba State;136
8.4;Discussion;137
8.4.1;Reduction of Forest Habitat;138
8.4.2;Hunting;138
8.4.3;Pet Trade;139
8.4.4;Food Taboos;140
8.4.5;Protected Areas and Law Enforcement;141
8.5;Acknowledgements;142
8.6;Literature;142
8.7;Appendix. Folklore About Chimpanzees and Monkeys in the Taraba Region, Nigeria;144
8.7.1;Interpreting Naturalistic Behaviour of Chimpanzees;144
8.7.1.1;The Meaning of Drumming;144
8.7.1.2;Why Chimpanzees Build Nests;144
8.7.2;The Human Nature of Chimpanzees;145
8.7.2.1;Human-like Qualities of Chimpanzees;145
8.7.2.2;How Humans Came to Live in the Bush as Chimpanzees;146
8.7.3;Taboos and Customs Surrounding Hunting of Chimpanzees;147
8.7.3.1;Why Chimpanzees Are Not Hunted or Eaten;147
8.7.3.2;Hunting Customs;148
8.7.4;Medicinal Uses of Chimpanzee Body Parts;149
8.7.5;Stories About Monkeys;150
9;Chapter 5: The Bush as Pharmacy and Supermarket: Mechanisms and Functions of Plant Use by Human and Non-human Primates at Gashaka;152
9.1;Introduction;153
9.1.1;Food, Implements, Medicine: Plants as Resources;153
9.1.2;Why Can Plants Be Medicinal? And Why Do Fruits Taste Good?;155
9.1.3;Traditional Plant-based Medicine;156
9.1.4;Ethno-veterinary Medicine;156
9.1.5;Animal Self-medication;157
9.1.6;Study Aims;158
9.2;Materials and Methods;159
9.2.1;Study Area;159
9.2.2;Data Pool;160
9.2.3;Data Processing;162
9.3;Results;163
9.3.1;Natural Occurrence of Exploited Plants;163
9.3.2;Plant Families;163
9.3.3;Selective Use: The Example of Trees;168
9.3.4;Plant Parts Used;168
9.3.5;Multiple Usages of Same Plant Species;171
9.3.6;Categories of Usage: Food, Medicine, Implements;177
9.3.7;Baboon Case Study: Contraceptive Effects of African Black Plum;177
9.3.8;Chimpanzee Case Study: Leaf-swallowing as Self-medication;184
9.4;Discussion;184
9.4.1;Emerging Trends;186
9.4.1.1;Taxonomic Pattern;186
9.4.1.2;Plant Parts;187
9.4.1.3;Food versus Medicine;188
9.4.2;Case Studies of Plants with Multiple Usages;188
9.4.2.1;Desmodium gangeticum;189
9.4.2.2;Vitex doniana;190
9.4.2.3;Erythrophleum suaveolens;192
9.4.2.4;Erythrina senegalensis;192
9.4.2.5;Vitellaria paradoxa;193
9.4.2.6;Cola spp;193
9.4.3;Knowledge Acquisition: Which Plants Are Beneficial?;194
9.4.4;Future Research;196
9.5;Acknowledgements;199
9.6;Appendix. Use of Plants as Food, Medicine, and Implements by Humans, Baboons, and Chimpanzees in the Gashaka Area: A Compilation of Current Knowledge;204
9.6.1;Family, Species (main references);204
9.6.2;English, Hausa, Fulfulde (Fulani);204
9.6.3;Habit;204
9.6.4;Habitat;204
9.6.5;Food, Medicine, Implements: Consumers;205
9.6.6;Food, Medicine, Implements, Usage, Description: Plant Parts Used;205
9.6.7;Usage: Description, Category;206
9.6.7.1;Miscellaneous;206
9.6.8;Sources;207
9.6.8.1;Unpublished reports (UR) to NCF (Nigerian Conservation Foundation, Gashaka Gumti Project) and personal communications;207
9.6.9;Local informants;207
9.7;Appendix;209
9.8;Literature;199
10;Chapter 6: Fulani of the Highlands: Costs and Benefits of Living in National Park Enclaves;248
10.1;Introduction;249
10.1.1;The Fulani;250
10.1.2;The Same Old Problem?;252
10.2;Methods;252
10.2.1;Study Area and Data Collection;252
10.2.2;Measuring Crop Damage;255
10.2.3;Risk Analysis;256
10.2.4;Benefit Analysis;257
10.2.5;Socioeconomic and Socioecological Variables;258
10.2.6;Potential Pitfalls of Risk / Benefit Analysis;258
10.3;Results;259
10.3.1;Socioeconomic and Socioecological Variables;259
10.3.2;Life in the Enclaves: Pros and Cons;261
10.3.2.1; What Is Bad About Living in the Highlands? ;261
10.3.2.2; What Is Bad About Living in a National Park? ;261
10.3.2.3; What Is Good About Living in the Highlands? ;264
10.3.2.4; What Is Good About Living in a National Park? ;265
10.3.3;Perceptions of Pest Severity;266
10.3.3.1;Direct Measures of Crop Damage Compared with Perceived Risk;266
10.3.3.2;The Maize Yield;269
10.4;Discussion;270
10.4.1;Contextualising Crop-Raiding;271
10.4.2;Local Perceptions of Wildlife Species;272
10.4.3;Is Crop Damage a Real Problem?;274
10.4.4;It s All About the Cows;275
10.5;Acknowledgements;278
10.6;Literature;278
11;Chapter 7: Pan-African Voyagers: The Phylogeography of Baboons;283
11.1;Introduction;284
11.2;Methods;292
11.2.1;Phylogenetic Reconstruction;292
11.2.2;Data Sampling;293
11.2.3;Laboratory Procedures;302
11.2.4;Statistical Methods;302
11.3;Results;303
11.4;Discussion;307
11.4.1;Taxonomy;307
11.4.2;Conservation;309
11.4.3;Phylogeography;309
11.4.4;Conclusions;315
11.5;Acknowledgements;315
11.6;Literature;316
12;Chapter 8: Crop-raiding and Commensalism in Olive Baboons: The Costs and Benefits of Living with Humans;323
12.1;Introduction;323
12.2;Methods;327
12.2.1;Focal Species;327
12.2.2;Focal Troops and Study Site;327
12.2.3;Data Collection;329
12.2.3.1;Female Reproductive Parameters;329
12.2.3.2;Endoparasites;330
12.2.3.3;Activity Budget and Ranging;330
12.2.3.4;Crop-raiding;331
12.3;Results;332
12.3.1;The Ecology of Crop-Raiding;332
12.3.2;Activity Budget;333
12.3.3;Ranging Behaviour;333
12.3.4;Life-history;334
12.3.5;Parasitology;336
12.4;Discussion;337
12.4.1;Crop-raiding, Activity Budget, and Ranging;337
12.4.2;Life-history;340
12.4.3;Parasites;341
12.4.4;Crop-raiding and Baboon Ecology at Gashaka: Why Crop-raid?;342
12.5;Acknowledgements;343
12.6;Literature;343
13;Chapter 9: How Different Are Gashaka s Baboons? Forest and Open Country Populations Compared;349
13.1;Introduction;349
13.2;Methods;351
13.2.1;Study Species, Focal Troops, and Study Site;351
13.2.2;Data Collection and Analyses;353
13.2.2.1;Troop Sizes;353
13.2.2.2;Activity Budget and Ranging;354
13.2.2.3;Diet;354
13.2.2.4;Diet and Food Availability;355
13.2.2.5;Reproductive Parameters;355
13.3;Results;356
13.3.1;Troop Size;356
13.3.2;Activity Budgets and Ranging;361
13.3.3;Diet;361
13.3.4;Reproductive Parameters;364
13.4;Discussion;366
13.4.1;Troop Size;366
13.4.2;Activity Budgets;367
13.4.3;Ranging;367
13.4.4;Diet;368
13.4.5;Demography and Life-history;369
13.4.6;Conclusions;371
13.5;Acknowledgements;371
13.6;Literature;372
14;Chapter 10: Keeping in Contact: Flexibility in Calls of Olive Baboons;376
14.1;Introduction;377
14.2;Methods;382
14.2.1;Study Site and Subjects;382
14.2.2;Data Collection;383
14.2.3;Acoustic Analyses;384
14.2.3.1;Definition of Acoustic Variables;384
14.2.3.2;Grunts;385
14.2.3.3;Clear Barks;385
14.2.4;Statistical Analyses;385
14.2.5;Comparison with Other Populations;386
14.3;Results;386
14.3.1;Behavioural Data;386
14.3.2;Grunts;388
14.3.2.1;Occurrence of Calls;388
14.3.2.2;Grunt Rate;388
14.3.2.3;Acoustic Characteristics;388
14.3.3;Clear Barks;389
14.3.3.1;Occurrence of Calls;389
14.3.3.2;Bark Rates;390
14.3.3.3;Acoustic Characteristics;390
14.4;Discussion;390
14.4.1;Grunts;391
14.4.2;Clear Barks;394
14.5;Acknowledgements;395
14.6;Literature;395
15;Chapter 11: Not Words but Meanings? Alarm Calling Behaviour in a Forest Guenon;400
15.1;Introduction;401
15.1.1;Alarm Calling in Primates;401
15.1.2;Animal Call Combinations;403
15.2;Methods;404
15.2.1;Study Animals;404
15.2.2;Aims and Hypotheses;405
15.2.3;Male Loud Alarm Calls;406
15.2.4;Alarm Calling Responses to Predators;407
15.2.4.1;Acoustic Predator Models;407
15.2.4.2;Visual Predator Models;408
15.2.5;The Pyow-Hack Sequence;410
15.2.5.1;Does the Pyow-Hack Sequence Elicit Group Movement?;410
15.2.5.2;Are Pyow-Hack Sequences Causally Responsible for Eliciting Group Movement?;411
15.2.6;Statistical Analysis;412
15.3;Results;413
15.3.1;Alarm Calling;413
15.3.1.1;General Response Characteristics;413
15.3.1.2;Analysis of Alarm Call Types;415
15.3.1.3;Alarm Call Series Characteristics;415
15.3.1.4;Comparison Between Acoustic and Visual and Different Predator Models;417
15.3.1.5;Contextual Factors;417
15.3.1.6;Response to Moving Ground Predator Models;419
15.3.1.7;Loud Calling Under Natural Conditions;420
15.3.2;The P-H Sequence;421
15.3.2.1;Does the P-H Sequence Elicit Group Movement?;421
15.3.2.2;Are P-H Sequences Causally Responsible for Eliciting Group Movement?;421
15.4;Discussion;422
15.4.1;The Notion of Reference in Primate Vocalisations;423
15.4.2;Do the Alarm Call Series of Male Putty-Nosed Monkeys Refer to Particular Events?;424
15.4.3;The Contexts of Naturally Occurring Loud Call Series;425
15.4.4;What Information Do the Loud Calls of Male Putty-nosed Monkeys Convey?;426
15.4.5;An Exceptional Guenon?;426
15.5;Acknowledgements;428
15.6;Literature;428
16;Chapter 12: Patriarchal Chimpanzees, Matriarchal Bonobos: Potential Ecological Causes of a Pan Dichotomy;432
16.1;Introduction;433
16.1.1;Hobbes, Rousseau, and Apes as Role Models;433
16.1.2;Basics of Nutritional Ecology;436
16.1.3;Comparing Chimpanzees and Bonobos;438
16.2;Methods;439
16.2.1;Study Sites;439
16.2.2;Fruit Production and Fruit Abundance;439
16.2.3;Collection of Plant Food for Chemical Analyses;440
16.2.4;Phytochemistry of Plant Food;440
16.2.4.1;Macro-nutrients and Energy;441
16.2.4.2;Anti-feedants;441
16.2.5;Structural Analyses of Faecal Samples;442
16.2.6;Party Size as a Measure of Sociality;443
16.3;Results;443
16.3.1;Environmental Features;443
16.3.2;Diet Composition;445
16.3.3;Macro-nutrients and Anti-feedants;445
16.3.4;Structure of Ingesta;449
16.3.5;Nest-Group Sizes;451
16.4;Discussion;452
16.4.1;Climate and Habitat Phenology;452
16.4.2;Food Availability;453
16.4.3;Food Quality;454
16.4.4;Food Processing;455
16.4.5;Feeding Ecology and Gregariousness;455
16.4.6;Ecology and Species Psychology;456
16.4.7;Lessons for a Politically Correct Agenda?;458
16.5;Acknowledgements;459
16.6;Literature;459
17;Chapter 13: Panthropology of the Fourth Chimpanzee: A Contribution to Cultural Primatology;465
17.1;Introduction;466
17.2;Materials and Methods;469
17.2.1;Basic Chimpanzee Socioecology;470
17.2.2;Characteristics of Chimpanzee Insect Prey;470
17.2.2.1;Bees;471
17.2.2.2;Termites;471
17.2.2.3;Ants;472
17.2.3;The Gashaka Study Site;474
17.2.4;Gashaka-Kwano Chimpanzee Study Community;475
17.2.5;Candidate Behavioural Patterns Reflecting Subsistence Technology;476
17.2.6;Data Collection;478
17.3;Results;479
17.3.1;Hard-shelled Nuts: Absence of Cracking Technology;479
17.3.2;Ignored Insect Prey: Termites;480
17.3.3;Insect Prey: Stingless Bees, Honey Bees;481
17.3.4;Insect Prey: Ants Other Than Army Ants;483
17.3.5;Insect Prey: Army Ants;483
17.3.6;Characteristics of Insect-harvesting Tools;484
17.4;Discussion;490
17.4.1;Potential Biases in Data Collection;490
17.4.2;Lack of Behavioural Variation ( Universals );492
17.4.3;Genetic Explanations for Behavioural Variation;494
17.4.4;Environmental Explanations for Behavioural Variation;494
17.4.5;Cultural Variation;496
17.4.6; Core Cultural Tendencies of Behavioural Variation?;498
17.4.7;Cultural Primatology and Conservation;500
17.5;Acknowledgements;501
17.6;Literature;501
18;Chapter 14: Will the Nigeria-Cameroon Chimpanzee Go Extinct? Models Derived from Intake Rates of Ape Sanctuaries;507
18.1;Introduction;508
18.2;Methods;509
18.2.1;Chimpanzee Subspecies;509
18.2.2;P. t. vellerosus: Distribution, Population Size, and Life-history Parameters;510
18.2.3;Ape Sanctuaries in Cameroon and Nigeria;513
18.2.4;How Many Dead Wild Chimpanzees Does One Sanctuary Orphan Represent?;516
18.2.5;When Does Hunting Become Unsustainable?;519
18.2.6;Modelling Risk of Extinction;521
18.3;Results;522
18.3.1;Sanctuary Intake Rates;522
18.3.2;Lives of Orphans Before Arrival;523
18.3.3;Loss to the Wild Population;524
18.3.4;Is the Loss Unsustainable?;524
18.3.5;Do Hunting Rates Exceed Growth Rates?;525
18.3.6;Extinction Risk;526
18.4;Discussion;528
18.5;Acknowledgements;534
18.6;Literature;534
19;Index;538mehr