Book contents
- Mahale Chimpanzees50 Years of Research
- Mahale Chimpanzees
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Contributors
- Foreword
- Preface
- Acknowledgments
- 1 Introduction
- Part I History and overview
- Part II Social organization
- Part III Ecology
- 12 Climate and climatological trends in the Kasoje forest
- 13 Mahale flora: its historical background and long-term changes
- 14 Patterns and trends in fruiting phenology: some important implications for chimpanzee diet*
- 15 Mammalian fauna
- 16 Interspecific relationships
- Part IV Feeding
- Part V Life history and health
- Part VI Social relations
- Part VII Social behavior
- Part VIII Behavioral diversity
- Part IX From field to lab
- Part X People and chimpanzees
- Appendices
- Index of chimpanzees’ names
- Subject index
- References
13 - Mahale flora: its historical background and long-term changes
from Part III - Ecology
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 05 September 2015
Book contents
- Mahale Chimpanzees50 Years of Research
- Mahale Chimpanzees
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Contributors
- Foreword
- Preface
- Acknowledgments
- 1 Introduction
- Part I History and overview
- Part II Social organization
- Part III Ecology
- 12 Climate and climatological trends in the Kasoje forest
- 13 Mahale flora: its historical background and long-term changes
- 14 Patterns and trends in fruiting phenology: some important implications for chimpanzee diet*
- 15 Mammalian fauna
- 16 Interspecific relationships
- Part IV Feeding
- Part V Life history and health
- Part VI Social relations
- Part VII Social behavior
- Part VIII Behavioral diversity
- Part IX From field to lab
- Part X People and chimpanzees
- Appendices
- Index of chimpanzees’ names
- Subject index
- References
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