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Mahale Chimpanzees: 50 Years of Research Edited by Michio Nakamura, Kazuhiko Hosaka, Noriko Itoh & Koichiro Zamma 
Long-term ecological research studies are rare and invaluable resources, particularly when they are as thoroughly documented as the Mahale Mountain Chimpanzee Project in Tanzania. Directed by Toshisada Nishida from 1965 until 2011, the project continues to yield new and fascinating findings about our closest neighbour species. In a fitting tribute to Nishida’s contribution to science, this book brings together 50 years of research into one encyclopaedic volume. Alongside previously unpublished data, the editors include new translations of Japanese writings throughout the book to bring previously inaccessible work to non-Japanese speakers. The history and ecology of the site, chimpanzee behaviour and biology, and ecological management are all addressed through firsthand accounts by Mahale researchers. The authors highlight long-term changes in behaviour, where possible, and draw comparisons with other chimpanzee sites across Africa to provide an integrative view of chimpanzee research today.
Cambridge University Press Publication date: September 2015 Hardcover £110/$175 ISBN: 9781107052314 CONTENTS List of contributors Foreword FBM de Waal Preface M Nakamura, K Hosaka, N Itoh, and K Zamma Acknowledgments 1 Introduction M Nakamura PART I. HISTORY AND OVERVIEW 2 Overview of the field site: Mahale Mountains and their surroundings M Nakamura and N Itoh 3 Research history M Nakamura, K Hosaka, and Y Takahata 4 Chimpanzee distribution: Accumulation of survey reports K Zamma, S Hanamura, and T Sakamaki 5 Who’s who K Hosaka PART II. SOCIAL ORGANIZATION 6 Social system: Features and variations N Itoh and M Nakamura 7 Demography of the M group M Nakamura 8 Home range M Nakamura 9 Fission–fusion grouping S Hanamura 10 Disappearance of K group male chimpanzees: Re-examination of group extinction Y Takahata 11 Intergroup relationships T Sakamaki and M Nakamura PART III. ECOLOGY 12 Climate and climatological trends in the Kasoje Forest N Itoh 13 Mahale flora: Its historical background and long-term changes N Itoh and M Nakamura 14 Patterns and trends in fruiting phenology: Some important implications for chimpanzee diet N Itoh and D Muramatsu 15 Mammalian fauna H Ihobe 16 Interspecific relationships K Hosaka and H Ihobe PART IV. FEEDING 17 Diet and feeding behavior N Itoh and M Nakamura 18 Taste of chimpanzee foods T Hayakawa 19 Seeds from feces: Implications for seed dispersal and fecal analyses M Nakamura and N Itoh 20 Hunting and food sharing K Hosaka 21 Insect-feeding behavior and insect fauna: With special reference to plant–insect relationships M Kiyono PART V. LIFE HISTORY AND HEALTH 22 Development and growth: With special reference to mother–infant relationships T Matsumoto and H Hayaki 23 Gerontology K Hosaka and MA Huffman 24 Chimpanzee self-medication: A historical perspective of the key findings MA Huffman 25 Diseases and deaths: Variety and impact on social life S Hanamura, T Kooriyama, and K Hosaka 26 Conspecific killings M Nakamura and N Itoh PART VI. SOCIAL RELATIONS 27 Male–male relationships K Hosaka and M Nakamura 28 Female–female relationships N Itoh and M Nakamura 29 Male–female relationships: Affiliative, interventional, and dominant–subordinate interactions S Hanamura 30 Orphans and allomothering M Nakamura and K Hosaka PART VII. SOCIAL BEHAVIOR 31 Intimidation display K Hosaka 32 Aggression and conflict management N Kutsukake and K Hosaka 33 Greetings and dominance T Sakamaki and H Hayaki 34 Grooming: Its hygienic and social aspects K Zamma and M Nakamura 35 Sexual behavior and mating strategies S Fujita and E Inoue 36 Social play: History of the studies at Mahale and a new perspective M Shimada, T Matsusaka, and H Hayaki 37 Ethograms and the diversity of behaviors K Zamma and T Matsusaka PART VIII. BEHAVIORAL DIVERSITY 38 Culture H Nishie and M Nakamura 39 Vocal communication K Hosaka, T Matsusaka, and S Hanamura 40 Diversity of play T Matsusaka, M Shimada, and M Nakamura 41 Laterality of hand function LF Marchant 42 Use of tools and other objects H Nishie 43 Bed making and nocturnal behavior K Zamma and H Ihobe PART IX. FROM FIELD TO LAB 44 Field endocrinology S Fujita 45 Skeletal and dental morphology D Shimizu 46 Genetic studies E Inoue 47 Internal parasites T Kooriyama and H Hasegawa PART X. PEOPLE AND CHIMPANZEES 48 Current status of tourism M Nakamura 49 Culture and subsistence ecology of the Tongwe, and their significance in chimpanzee research M Nakamura 50 Conservation and the future K Hosaka and M Nakamura APPENDICES Appendix I Floral list N Itoh Appendix II Dietary list N Itoh, K Zamma, T Matsumoto, H Nishie, and M Nakamura Appendix III Mammal list H Ihobe Appendix IV Meteorological data collected at Kansyana, 1983–2013 N Itoh Appendix V List of researchers who visited Mahale M Nakamura Appendix VI List of abbreviations of Mahale chimpanzees’ names M Nakamura Appendix VII Research and conservation funds for Mahale M Nakamura Chimpanzee’s names General Index Back to Contents |