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This book describes one of our closest relatives, the orangutan, and the only extant great ape in Asia. It is increasingly clear that orangutan populations show extensive variation in behavioural ecology, morphology, life history, and genes. Indeed, on the strength of the latest genetic and morphological evidence, it has been proposed that orangutans actually constitute two species which diverged more than a million years ago - one on the island of Sumatra the other on Borneo, with the latter comprising three subspecies. This book has two main aims. The first is to carefully compare data from every orangutan research site, examining the differences and similarities between orangutan species, subspecies and populations. The second is to develop a theoretical framework in which these differences and similarities can be explained. To achieve these goals the editors have assembled the world's leading orangutan experts to rigorously synthesize and compare the data, quantify the similarities or differences, and seek to explain them. Orangutans is the first synthesis of orangutan biology to adopt this novel, comparative approach. It analyses and compares the latest data, developing a theoretical framework to explain morphological, life history, and behavioural variation. Intriguingly, not all behavioural differences can be attributed to ecological variation between and within the two islands; relative rates of social learning also appear to have been influential. The book also emphasizes the crucial impact of human settlement on orangutans and looks ahead to the future prospects for the survival of critically endangered natural populations.

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Author:   Serge A. Wich (Great Ape Trust of Iowa, USA, and University of Utrecht, The Netherlands) ,  S Suci Utami Atmoko (Universitas Nasional, Jakarta, Indonesia) ,  Tatang Mitra Setia (Universitas Nasional, Jakarta, Indonesia) ,  Carel P. van Schaik (Anthropological Institute & Museum, University of Zurich, Switzerland)
Publisher:   Oxford University Press
Imprint:   Oxford University Press
Dimensions:   Width: 19.60cm , Height: 2.70cm , Length: 25.40cm
Weight:   1.105kg
ISBN:  

9780199213276

ISBN 10:   0199213275
Pages:   440
Publication Date:   11 December 2008
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  College/higher education ,  Professional & Vocational ,  Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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Table of Contents

Serge A. Wich, S. Suci Utami Atmoko, Tatang Mitra Setia, and Carel P. van Schaik: Introduction 1: Benoît Goossens, Lounès Chikhi, Fairus Jalil, Sheena James, Marc Ancrenaz, Isabelle Lackman-Ancrenaz, and Michael W. Bruford: Taxonomy, geographic variation and population genetics of Bornean and Sumatran orangutans 2: Andrea B. Taylor: The functional significance of variation in jaw form in orangutans: The African apes as an ecogeographic model 3: Suzannah K. S. Thorpe and Robin H. Crompton: Orangutan positional behavior: inter-specific variation and ecological correlates 4: Madeleine E. Hardus, Adriano R. Lameira, Ian Singleton, Helen C. Morrogh-Bernard, Cheryl D. Knott, Marc Ancrenaz, S. Suci Utami Atmoko, and Serge A. Wich: A description of the orangutan's vocal and sound repertoire, with a focus on geographic variation 5: Serge A. Wich, Han de Vries, Marc Ancrenaz, Lori Perkins, Robert W Shumaker, Akira Suzuki, and Carel P van Schaik: Orangutan life history variation 6: Simon J. Husson, Serge A. Wich, Andrew J. Marshall, Rona D. Dennis, Marc Ancrenaz, Rebecca Brassey, Melvin Gumal, Andrew J. Hearn, Erik Meijaard, Togu Simorangkir, and Ian Singleton: Orangutan distribution, density, abundance and impacts of disturbance 7: Andrew J. Marshall, Marc Ancrenaz, Francis Q. Brearley, Gabriella M. Fredriksson, Nilofer Ghaffar, Matt Heydon, Simon J. Husson, Mark Leighton, Kim R. McConkey, Helen C. Morrogh-Bernard, John Proctor, Carel P. van Schaik, Carey P. Yeager, and Serge A. Wich: The effects of forest phenology and floristics on populations of Bornean and Sumatran orangutans: are Sumatran forests better orangutan habitat than Bornean forests? 8: Helen C. Morrogh-Bernard, Simon J. Husson, Cheryl D. Knott, Serge A. Wich, Carel P. van Schaik, Maria A. van Noordwijk, Isabelle Lackman-Ancrenaz, Andrew J Marshall, Tomoko Kanamori, Noko Kuze, and Ramlan bin Sakong: Orangutan activity budgets and diet: A comparison between species, populations and habitats 9: Anne E. Russon, Serge A. Wich, Marc Ancrenaz, Tomoko Kanamori, Cheryl D. Knott, Noko Kuze, Helen C. Morrogh-Bernard, Peter Pratje, Hatta Ramlee, Peter Rodman, Azrie Sawang, Kade Sidiyasa, Ian Singleton, and Carel P. van Schaik: Geographic variation in orangutan diets 10: Ivona Foitová, Michael A. Huffman, Nurcahyo Wisnu, and Milan Olšsanský: Parasites and their impacts on orangutan health 11: Cheryl D. Knott, Melissa Emery Thompson, and Serge A. Wich: The ecology of female reproduction in wild orangutans 12: Maria A. van Noordwijk, Simone E.B. Sauren, Nuzuar, Ahbam Abulani, Helen C. Morrogh-Bernard, S. Suci Utami Atmoko, and Carel P. van Schaik: Development of independence: Sumatran and Bornean orangutans compared 13: Ian Singleton, Cheryl D. Knott, Helen C. Morrogh-Bernard, Serge A. Wich, and Carel P. van Schaik: Ranging behavior of orangutan females and social organization 14: Roberto A. Delgado, Adriano R. Lameira, Marina Davila Ross, Simon J. Husson, Helen C. Morrogh-Bernard, and Serge A. Wich: Geographical variation in orangutan long calls 15: S Suci Utami Atmoko, Ian Singleton, Maria A. van Noordwijk, Carel P. van Schaik, and Tatang Mitra Setia: Male-male relationships in orangutans 16: S. Suci Utami Atmoko, Tatang Mitra Setia, Benoît Goossens, Sheena S. James, Cheryl D. Knott, Helen C. Morrogh-Bernard, Carel P. van Schaik, and Maria A. van Noordwijk: Orangutan mating behavior and strategies 17: Tatang Mitra Setia, Roberto A. Delgado, S. Suci Utami Atmoko, Ian Singleton, and Carel P. van Schaik: Social organization and male-female relationships 18: Carel P. van Schaik, Maria A. van Noordwijk, and Erin R Vogel: Ecological sex differences in wild orangutans 19: Didik Prasetyo, Marc Ancrenaz, Helen C. Morrogh-Bernard, S. Suci Utami Atmoko, Serge A. Wich, and Carel P. van Schaik: Nest building in orangutans 20: Anne E. Russon, Carel P. van Schaik, Purwo Kuncoro, Agnes Ferisa, Dwi P. Handayani, and Maria A. van Noordwijk: Innovation and intelligence in orangutans 21: Carel P. van Schaik, Marc Ancrenaz, Reniastoeti Djojoasmoro, Cheryl D. Knott, Helen C. Morrogh-Bernard, Nuzuar, Kisar Odom, S. Suci Utami Atmoko, and Maria A. van Noordwijk: Orangutan cultures revisited 22: Andrew J. Marshall, Robert Lacy, Marc Ancrenaz, Onnie Byers, Simon J. Husson, Mark Leighton, Erik Meijaard, Norm Rosen, Ian Singleton, Suzette Stephens, Kathy Traylor-Holzer, S. Suci Utami Atmoko, Carel P. van Schaik, and Serge A. Wich: Orangutan population biology, life history, and conservation: Perspectives from PVA models 23: Anne E. Russon: Orangutan rehabilitation and reintroduction: Successes, failures, and role in conservation 24: Carel P. van Schaik, Andrew J. Marshall, and Serge A. Wich: Geographic variation in orangutan behavior and biology: its functional interpretation and its mechanistic basis References Index

Reviews

This is a very important study. Michel Cuisin, Mammalia

<br> An impressive collaborative effort with over 70 authors contributing to a series of broad comparative chapters that document what we do and do not know about the similarities and differences among separate orangutan populations in many parts of Northern Sumatra and Borneo. This is behavioral ecology and evolutionary biology at its finest. --The Quarterly Review of Biology<p><br>

<br> An impressive collaborative effort with over 70 authors contributing to a series of broad comparative chapters that document what we do and do not know about the similarities and differences among separate orangutan populations in many parts of Northern Sumatra and Borneo. This is behavioral ecology and evolutionary biology at its finest. --The Quarterly Review of Biology<br>

Author Information

Serge Wich received his MSc in animal behaviour in 1995 at Utrecht University (the Netherlands) for which he conducted a study on food competition in wild Sumatran orangutans. In 2002, he received his PhD from the same university for a study on the structure and function of male Thomas langur long-distance vocalizations.In 2003, he started as a post-doc at Utrecht University to study 'cultural behaviour' of orangutans in two orangutans in two orangutan poplulations one on Sumatra and on on Borneo. Currently he is a visiting scientist at Great Ape Trust of Iowa from where he continues with field work on Sumatran orangutans and is currently also involved in studies on the orangutans and bonobos at Great Ape Trust. Suci Utami Atmoko started conducting research on orangutans while at the Universitas Nasional in Jakarta where she received her BA for a study on female reproduction.She continued her orangutan research on male bimaturism research at Utrecht University where she obtained her PhD in 2000. Since then she has been involved in orangutan research and conservation activities in Borneo and Sumatra. She is currently a lecturer at Univeritas nasional (jakarta, Indonesia). Tatang Mitra Setia started studying Indonesian primates in 1979 at the Ketambe research site. In 1988 he began his studies on social relationships of orangutans. In 1995 he received a MSc at Universitas Indonesia (Jakarta, Indonesia). He is involved in orangutan research on both Borneo and Sumatra and currently he is the Dean of the Biology Faculty of Universitas Nasional (Jakrta, Indonesia). Carel van Schaik has studied primates in Indonesia and elsewhere since 1976. He received his MSc at Utrecht University (the Netherlands) for a study on behavioral ontogeny in orangutans. In 1985 he obtained his PhD at the same unviersity for a study on the socioecology of long-tailed macaques. After a post-doc at Princeton University, he worked as a lectured at Utrecht University and later as a Professor at Duke University. He is interested in the social evolution of primates and currently studies orangutans at two sites in Indonesia. He is the author of a large number of scientific articles and has edited several books on topics ranging from male infanticide to primate conservaton. Currently he is professor at and the director of the Antropological Institute & Museum of the University of Zurich, Switzerland.

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