Gorilla Biology A Multidisciplinary Perspective [Paperback]

A unique multidisciplinary volume offering truly comparative perspective on gorilla populations.Gorillas are one of our closest living relatives, are the largest living primate, and teeter on the brink of extinction. Gorilla Biology offers the first comparative perspective on gorilla populations throughout their natural range, and covering all known subspecies. Discusing phylogeny, evolution, functional morphology, behavioural ecology and conservation biology, this multidisciplinary work will be essential reading for primatologists, anthropologists, animal behaviourists and evolutionary biologists.Gorillas are one of our closest living relatives, are the largest living primate, and teeter on the brink of extinction. Gorilla Biology offers the first comparative perspective on gorilla populations throughout their natural range, and covering all known subspecies. Discusing phylogeny, evolution, functional morphology, behavioural ecology and conservation biology, this multidisciplinary work will be essential reading for primatologists, anthropologists, animal behaviourists and evolutionary biologists.Gorillas, one of our closest living relatives, are the largest living primates, and teeter on the brink of extinction. This study offers the first comparative perspective on gorilla populations throughout their natural range, and covers all known subspecies. Discussing phylogeny, evolution, functional morphology, behavioral ecology and conservation biology, this multidisciplinary work will be essential reading for primatologists, anthropologists, animal behaviorists and evolutionary biologists.Preface Andrea B. Taylor and Michele L. Goldsmith; Acknowledgements; Part I. Gorilla Taxonomy and Comparative Morphology: 1. Gorillas: how important, how many, how long? Russell H. Tuttle; 2. A history of gorilla taxonomy Colin P. Groves; 3. Patterns of diversity in gorilla cranial morphology Rebecca M. Stumpf, John D. Polk, John F. Oates, William L. Jungers, Christopher P. Heesy, ClcÒ