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Toshisada Nishida’s contributions to primatology
(Springer-Verlag; Japan Monkey Centre and Springer-Verlag, 2006-01)
Hunting Behavior of Chimpanzees at Ngogo, Kibale National Park, Uganda
(Kluwer Academic Publishers-Plenum Publishers; Plenum Publishing Corporation ; Springer Science+Business Media, 2002-02)
Chimpanzees ( Pan troglodytes ) prey on a variety of vertebrates, mostly on red colobus ( Procolobus spp. ) where the two species are sympatric. Variation across population occurs in hunting frequency and success, in whether ...
Blood pressure in blacks and whites and its relationship to dietary sodium and potassium intake
(Elsevier, 1984)
The 24-hour dietary intake and blood pressure of 1928 black and 9739 white adults derived from the data sets of the first US National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (NHANES I) of 1971-1974 were analyzed. Contrary ...
Applications of the pattern variability index (Σ z ) to the quantification of dysmorphogenesis in the hand
(Wiley Subscription Services, Inc., A Wiley Company, 1987-05)
We have generated percentiles for the pattern variability index (Σ z ) of the hand in 1,088 normal infants, children, and adults and have analyzed pattern variability indices for 820 individuals representing 50 congenital ...
The evolution of non-maternal caretaking among anthropoid primates: do helpers help?
(Springer-Verlag; Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg, 1997-04)
Non-maternal infant care among nonhuman primates has frequently been investigated from the perspective of the caretaker. Here we examine whether allocaretaking behavior provides direct reproductive benefits to mothers. ...
Effects of cattle grazing and haying on wildlife conservation at National Wildlife Refuges in the United States
(Springer-Verlag; Springer-Verlag New York Inc., 1987-01)
The National Wildlife Refuge System is perhaps the most important system of federal lands for protecting wildlife in the United States. Only at refuges has wildlife conservation been legislated to have higher priority than ...
Introduction to the International Symposium on African Great Apes
(Springer-Verlag; Japan Monkey Centre and Springer-Verlag, 2006-01)
Book reviews
(Kluwer Academic Publishers-Plenum Publishers; Plenum Publishing Corporation ; Springer Science+Business Media, 1978-03)
Contexts and social correlates of long-distance calling by male chimpanzees
(Elsevier, 1993-04)
Abstract. Chimpanzees, Pan troglodytes, live in unstable social groups, whose members associate in temporary parties of varying size and composition. Male chimpanzees utter a long-distance vocalization, the pant-hoot, that ...
General Gregariousness and Specific Social Preferences among Wild Chimpanzees
(Kluwer Academic Publishers-Plenum Publishers; Plenum Publishing Corporation ; Springer Science+Business Media, 1999-10)
Wild chimpanzees form temporary parties that vary in size and composition. Previous studies have revealed considerable intraspecific variation in party compositions. We examined patterns of association among age, sex, and ...