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Ethnoprimatology

Primate Conservation in the 21st Century

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Editors:
  1. Michel T. Waller

    1. Anthropology, University of Oregon, Bend, USA

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  • Breaks down the subtleties of issues such as habitat loss and bushmeat hunting by going deeper into human motivations
  • Critiques human behavior in zoos and looks at the factors leading to ape attacks on humans in the wild
  • Brings humans into account as part of the ecologic landscape
  • Includes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras

Part of the book series: Developments in Primatology: Progress and Prospects (DIPR)

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Table of contents (21 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-ix
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  2. Ethnoprimatology and Conservation: Applying Insights and Developing Practice

    • Agustín Fuentes, Amanda D. Cortez, Jeffrey V. Peterson
    Pages 1-19

  3. The Threat of Industrial Oil Palm Expansion to Primates and Their Habitats

    • Joshua M. Linder, Rachel E. Palkovitz
    Pages 21-45

  4. Monkeys on the Menu? Reconciling Patterns of Primate Hunting and Consumption in a Central African Village

    • Carolyn Jost Robinson, Lesley L. Daspit, Melissa J. Remis
    Pages 47-61

  5. Conservation Medicine: A Solution-Based Approach for Saving Nonhuman Primates

    • Sharon L. Deem
    Pages 63-76

  6. How Do Primates Survive Among Humans? Mechanisms Employed by Vervet Monkeys at Lake Nabugabo, Uganda

    • Colin A. Chapman, Dennis Twinomugisha, Julie A. Teichroeb, Kim Valenta, Raja Sengupta, Dipto Sarkar et al.
    Pages 77-94

  7. Indigenous Peoples, Primates, and Conservation Evidence: A Case Study Focussing on the Waorani of the Maxus Road

    • Sarah Papworth
    Pages 95-115

  8. The Role of Nonhuman Primates in Religious and Folk Medicine Beliefs

    • Rômulo Romeu Nóbrega Alves, Wedson Medeiros Silva Souto, Raynner Rilke Duarte Barboza
    Pages 117-135

  9. Problematic Primate Behaviour in Agricultural Landscapes: Chimpanzees as ‘Pests’ and ‘Predators’

    • Kimberley J. Hockings, Matthew R. McLennan
    Pages 137-156

  10. Competition Between Chimpanzees and Humans: The Effects of Harvesting Non-timber Forest Products

    • Michel T. Waller, Jill Pruetz
    Pages 157-177

  11. The Effects of War on Bonobos and Other Nonhuman Primates in the Democratic Republic of the Congo

    • Michel T. Waller, Frances J. White
    Pages 179-192

  12. Primate Taxonomy and Conservation

    • Dietmar Zinner, Christian Roos
    Pages 193-213

  13. Government and Community Based Primate Conservation Initiatives in Peru

    • Noga Shanee
    Pages 215-231

  14. Managing Human–Orangutan Relationships in Rehabilitation

    • Anne E. Russon, Joshua J. Smith, Laura Adams
    Pages 233-258

  15. The Little Fireface Project: Community Conservation of Asia’s Slow Lorises via Ecology, Education, and Empowerment

    • K. A. I. Nekaris
    Pages 259-272

  16. The Many Facets of Human Disturbances at the Tonkolili Chimpanzee Site

    • Andrew R. Halloran
    Pages 273-281

  17. How Living Near Humans Affects Singapore’s Urban Macaques

    • Crystal M. Riley, Alexander S. DuVall-Lash, Srikantan L. Jayasri, Bryan L. Koenig, Amy R. Klegarth, Michael D. Gumert
    Pages 283-300

  18. Risk-Taking in Samango Monkeys in Relation to Humans at Two Sites in South Africa

    • Katarzyna Nowak, Russell A. Hill, Kirsten Wimberger, Aliza le Roux
    Pages 301-314

  19. Predicting Future Effects of Multiple Drivers of Extinction Risk in Peru’s Endemic Primate Fauna

    • Sam Shanee
    Pages 315-349

  20. Protecting Nonhuman Primates in Peri-Urban Environments: A Case Study of Neotropical Monkeys, Corridor Ecology, and Coastal Economy in the Caribe Sur of Costa Rica

    • Stacy M. Lindshield
    Pages 351-369
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About this book

The list of challenges facing nonhuman primates in the 21st century is a long one. The expansion of palm oil plantations to feed a growing consumer class is eating away at ape and monkey habitats in Southeast Asia and Central Africa. Lemurs are hunted for food in the poorest parts of Madagascar while monkeys are used as medicine in Brazil. Traditional cultural beliefs are maintaining demand for animal body parts in West African markets while viral YouTube videos of “cute” and “cuddly” lorises have increased their market value as pets and endangered their populations. These and other issues are addressed in this book by leading researchers in the field of ethnoprimatology, the study of human/nonhuman primate interactions that combines traditional primatological methodologies with cultural anthropology in an effort to better understand the nuances of our economic, ritualistic, and ecologic relationships.

Reviews

“Each chapter shares a common structure, and the editor cross-references findings throughout the volume, resulting in a highly readable text. The volume shows the opportunities the ethnoprimatological perspective offers for maximizing ecosystem health for the future well-being of humans and non-humans alike. Summing Up: Highly recommended. Upper-division undergraduates and above; faculty and professionals.” (L. K. Sheeran, Choice, Vol. 54 (7), March, 2017)

Editors and Affiliations

  • Anthropology, University of Oregon, Bend, USA

    Michel T. Waller

About the editor

Dr. Michel Waller has over 15 years of experience researching primates in Africa. His field studies include chimpanzee/human interactions in Senegal and bonobo/human interactions in war-torn Democratic Republic of Congo. Dr. Waller studies primate socioecology and behavior in an effort to better understand the spectrum of factors that have shaped early human evolution. His research has focused on ranging behavior, territoriality, aggression, and tolerance.

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