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World Atlas of Great Apes and Their Conservation
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World Atlas of Great Apes and Their Conservation Hardcover - 2005 - 1st Edition

by Caldecott, Julian, Miles, Lera

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This comprehensive and authoritative review of the distribution and conservation status of Great Apes includes individual country profiles for each species and overview chapters on ape biology, ecology, and conservation challenges.

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University of California Press. Used - Very Good. Former library book; may include library markings. Used book that is in excellent condition. May show signs of wear or have minor defects.
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Details

  • Title World Atlas of Great Apes and Their Conservation
  • Author Caldecott, Julian, Miles, Lera
  • Binding Hardcover
  • Edition number 1st
  • Edition 1
  • Condition Used - Very Good
  • Pages 456
  • Volumes 1
  • Language ENG
  • Publisher University of California Press, Berkeley
  • Date November 1, 2005
  • Illustrated Yes
  • Features Dust Cover, Illustrated, Index, Maps, Table of Contents
  • Bookseller's Inventory # GRP98521056
  • ISBN 9780520246331 / 0520246330
  • Weight 4.7 lbs (2.13 kg)
  • Dimensions 11.28 x 8.94 x 1.26 in (28.65 x 22.71 x 3.20 cm)
  • Themes
    • Topical: Ecology
  • Library of Congress subjects Apes, Apes - Geographical distribution
  • Dewey Decimal Code 599.88

First line

The family Hominidae is one of the smaller families of mammals, with seven living species.

From the rear cover

"Great Apes are self-aware, complex communicators, and skilled exploiters of their environment. Yet the most self-aware, the most complex communicator, the most exploitative of all, is now threatening the others with extinction. This book records what we humans know about our closest living relatives, and lays a basis for how we can preserve them for our posterity and theirs."--Colin P. Groves, author of Primate Taxonomy

"A well researched, up-to-date, clearly presented compendium of information and analysis relevant to conservation of the great apes. This amount and extent of material has never before been brought together."--Alexander H. Harcourt, University of California at Davis

Media reviews

Citations

  • American Reference Bks Annual, 01/01/2006, Page 646
  • Choice, 02/01/2006, Page 1039
  • Ingram Advance, 09/01/2005, Page 101
  • Library Journal, 02/15/2006, Page 150
  • Rec Ref Bks for Small/Med Libr, 01/01/2006, Page 292
  • Univ PR Books for Public Libry, 01/01/2006, Page 1

About the author

Julian Caldecott is an ecologist and primatologist by training, doing his doctoral research on macaques in Malaysian rain forests. He has worked on wildlife management and biodiversity conservation throughout the global tropics, including projects to conserve Bornean and Sumatran orangutans, western and Nigerian chimpanzees, and Cross River gorillas. Lera Miles is a biologist with the UNEP World Conservation Monitoring Centre who analyzes threats to biodiversity ranging from global to local scales. Her specialities include species mapping and modeling, vulnerability assessment, and priority-setting.

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