Gorilla Society

Conflict, Compromise, and Cooperation Between the Sexes

By: Alexander H. Harcourt, Kelly J. Stewart

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Hardcover | 15 August 2007 | Edition Number 1

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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 Schaller--a synthesis of existing research on these remarkable animals and the societies in which they live.

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"Gorilla Society is a lucid, fascinating, compelling, and comprehensive synthesis of decades of ecological and behavioral research not only of gorillas but also of apes and monkeys in general. The analysis of the complex evolutionary forces that shape a society is superb. It will provide insight and direction to all future primate field studies."--George B. Schaller, Wildlife Conservation Society

-- "George Schaller"

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Acknowledgments	p. xvii
Introduction
Introduction	p. 3
Summary
The Book's Aim	p. 3
What Is a Society? What Is Socioecology?	p. 4
Why Primate Socioecology?	p. 6
Why Gorilla Socioecology?	p. 11
Structure of the Book	p. 13
Primate Socioecology: A Brief Introduction	p. 17
Summary	p. 17
Socioecology	p. 19
Food and Society	p. 23
Predation and Society	p. 33
Mating and Society	p. 41
Rearing and Society	p. 57
Conclusion	p. 59
Gorillas, Ecology, and Society
Introducing Gorillas: Some Background	p. 65
Summary	p. 65
Distribution, Taxonomy, and Study Sites	p. 65
Life History and Reproduction	p. 74
Conclusion	p. 87
Gorilla Ecology and Society: A Brief Description	p. 91
Gorilla Ecology	p. 91
Summary: Gorilla Ecology	p. 91
Introduction: Gorilla Ecology	p. 91
Conclusion: Gorilla Ecology	p. 112
Gorilla Society	p. 112
Summary: Gorilla Society	p. 112
Introduction: Gorilla Society	p. 113
Conclusion: Gorilla Society	p. 141
Female Strategies and Gorilla Society
Summary	p. 145
Female Strategies and Society: Food and Grouping	p. 147
Summary	p. 147
Introduction: Gorillas; Food, Competition, and Cooperation	p. 148
Female Strategies: Food, Competition, and Grouping	p. 149
Female Strategies: Food, Cooperation, and Emigration	p. 158
Comparison with Pan and Pongo	p. 168
Conclusion	p. 169
Female Strategies: Male Influences on Females' Competition, Cooperation, and Grouping	p. 175
Summary	p. 175
The Male Is a Major Competitor	p. 176
The Male Mitigates Competition Among Females	p. 179
The Male Mitigates the Benefits of Females' Cooperation	p. 180
Comparison with Pan and Pongo	p. 181
Conclusion	p. 182
Female Strategies: Male Influences; Joining a Protective Male	p. 187
Summary	p. 187
Protection from Predation	p. 187
Summary: Protection from Predation	p. 188
Conclusion: Escaping Predation as the Cause of Females' Association with a Male	p. 202
Protection from Infanticide	p. 202
Summary: Protection from Infanticide	p. 202
Conclusion: Escaping Infanticide as the Cause of Females' Association with a Male	p. 214
Conclusion: Predation or Infanticide?	p. 215
Female Strategies: Male Influences; Emigration and Choice of Males	p. 225
Summary	p. 225
Introduction	p. 226
Female Emigration and Mate Choice: Finding a Better Protector	p. 226
Female Emigration and Mate Choice: Avoiding Inbreeding	p. 229
Comparison with Pan and Pongo	p. 235
Conclusion	p. 237
Female Strategies: Conflict, Compromise, and Cooperation Between The Sexes	p. 241
Summary	p. 241
Gorilla Female Society	p. 241
Gorilla Society: An Unusually Strong Influence of Males?	p. 245
Gorilla Society: An Unusual Product from Interaction of Usual Rules	p. 246
Male Strategies and Gorilla Society
Summary	p. 251
Male Strategies and Society: Influences of The Environment and of Females	p. 253
Summary	p. 253
Association as a Means of Access to Females	p. 253
Predation, Infanticide, and Association with Females	p. 258
Comparison with Pan and Pongo	p. 258
Conclusion	p. 262
Male Mating Strategies and Gorilla Society	p. 267
Summary	p. 267
Competition to Be Sole Breeder	p. 268
Maturing Males: Stay or Emigrate?	p. 280
Variation Across Gorilla Populations	p. 288
Comparison with Pan and Pongo	p. 296
Conclusion	p. 300
Male Strategies and the Nature of Society: Conflict, Compromise, and Cooperation Between the Sexes	p. 305
Summary	p. 305
Gorilla Society: The Influence of Females on Males	p. 306
Gorilla Society: The Influence of Males on Females	p. 307
Gorilla Society: Conflict, Compromise, and Cooperation	p. 307
Males and Society: A Familiar Case Study?	p. 308
Males and Society: An Unfamiliar Case Study?	p. 310
Gorilla Society: The Future
Gorilla and Primate Socioecology: The Future	p. 313
Summary	p. 313
Gorilla Society Yesterday	p. 315
Gorilla Society Today	p. 317
Gorilla and Primate Society Tomorrow	p. 318
Socioecology and Gorilla Conservation	p. 337
Summary	p. 337
Introduction	p. 338
Conservation's Five Questions: Why? What? How Much? Where? How?	p. 338
Socioecology and Conservation	p. 358
Conclusion	p. 373
References	p. 377
Author Index	p. 441
Subject Index	p. 451
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