Behavioural Diversity in Chimpanzees and Bonobos

by Edited by Christophe Boesch , Gottfried Hohmann , Linda Marchant

• ISBN13: 9780521803540
• ISBN10: 0521803543
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2002-09-30
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press

Summary

Chimpanzees (Pan troglodytes) and bonobos (Pan paniscus), otherwise known as pygmy chimpanzees, are the only two species of the genus Pan. As they are our nearest relatives, there has been much research devoted to investigating the similarities and differences between them. This book offers an extensive review of the most recent observations to come from field studies on the diversity of Pan social behaviour, with contributions from many of the world's leading experts in this field. A wide range of social behaviours is discussed including tool use, hunting, reproductive strategies and conflict management as well as demographic variables and ecological constraints. In addition to interspecies behavioural diversity, this text describes exciting new research into variations between different populations of the same species. Researchers and students working in the fields of primatology, anthropology and zoology will find this a fascinating read.

Table of Contents

List of contributors	vii
Preface	ix
Gottfried Hohmann
Christophe Boesch
Linda F. Marchant
Behavioural Diversity in Pan	1	(13)
Christophe Boesch
PART I BEHAVIOURAL FLEXIBILITY
Introduction
Tetsuro Matsuzawa
Multivariate and phylogenetic approaches to understanding chimpanzee and bonobo behavioral diversity	14	(21)
Diane M. Doran
William L. Jungers
Yukimaru Sugiyama
John G. Fleagle
Christopher P. Heesy
Chimpanzees in the dry habitats of Assirik, Senegal and Semliki Wildlife Reserve, Uganda	35	(17)
Kevin D. Hunt
William C. Mcgrew
Behavioural adaptations to water scarcity in Tongo chimpanzees	52	(9)
Annette Lanjouw
Bonobos of the Lukuru Wildlife Research Project	61	(10)
Jo A. Myers Thompson
Grooming-hand-clasp in Mahale M Group chimpanzees: implications for culture in social behaviours	71	(19)
Michio Nakamura
PART II SOCIAL RELATIONS
Introduction
Vernon Reynolds
Factors influencing fission--fusion grouping in chimpanzees in the Tai National Park, Cote d'Ivoire	90	(12)
Dean P. Anderson
Erik V. Nordheim
Christophe Boesch
Timothy C. Moermond
Ecological and social correlates of chimpanzee party size and composition	102	(10)
John C. Mitani
David P. Watts
Jeremiah S. Lwanga
Agonistic relations among Kanyawara chimpanzees	112	(12)
Martin N. Muller
Relationships of male chimpanzees in the Budongo Forest, Uganda	124	(14)
Nicholas E. Newton-Fisher
Dynamics in social organization of bonobos (Pan paniscus)	138	(18)
Gottfried Hohmann
Barbara Fruth
PART III FEMALE STRATEGIES
Introduction
Meredith F. Small
Why female bonobos have a lower copulation rate during estrus than chimpanzees	156	(12)
Takeshi Furuichi
Chie Hashimoto
Social relationships between cycling females and adult males in Mahale chimpanzees	168	(13)
Akiko Matsumoto-Oda
Seasonal aspects of reproduction and sexual behavior in two chimpanzee populations: a comparison of Gombe (Tanzania) and Budongo (Uganda)	181	(11)
Janette Wallis
Costs and benefits of grouping for female chimpanzees at Gombe	192	(12)
Jennifer M. Williams
Hsien-Yang Liu
Anne E. Pusey
The cost of sexual attraction: is there a trade-off in female Pan between sex appeal and received coercion?	204	(17)
Richard Wrangham
PART IV HUNTING AND FOOD SHARING
Introduction
Linda F. Marchant
Variations in chimpanzee--red colobus interactions	221	(10)
Christophe Boesch
Shigeo Uehara
Hiroshi Ihobe
How bonobos handle hunts and harvests: why share food?	231	(13)
Barbara Fruth
Gottfried Hohmann
Hunting and meat sharing by chimpanzees at Ngogo, Kibale National Park, Uganda	244	(15)
David P. Watts
John C. Mitani
PART V GENETIC DIVERSITY
The evolutionary genetics and molecular ecology of chimpanzees and bonobos	259	(18)
Brenda J. Bradley
Linda Vigilant
Index	277