Apes in the Anthropocene: Flexibility and survival

Trends in Ecology and Evolution

Volumn 30, Issue 4, 2015, Pages 215-222

  Hockings, Kimberley J ^a,b   McLennan, Matthew R ^a   Carvalho, Susana ^c,d   Ancrenaz, Marc ^e   Bobe, René ^c   Byrne, Richard W ^f   Dunbar, Robin I M ^g   Matsuzawa, Tetsuro ^h,i   McGrew, William C ^j   Williamson, Elizabeth A ^k   Wilson, Michael L ^l   Wood, Bernard ^c   Wrangham, Richard W ^m   Hill, Catherine M ^a  

^a OXFORD BROOKES UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSIDADE NOVA DE LISBOA   (Portugal)

^c THE GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ALGARVE   (Portugal)

^e HUTAN Kinabatangan Orang utan Conservation Programme   (Malaysia)

^f UNIVERSITY OF ST ANDREWS   (United Kingdom)

^g UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^h KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

ⁱ JAPAN MONKEY CENTRE   (Japan)

^j UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^k UNIVERSITY OF STIRLING   (United Kingdom)

^l UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^m HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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Author keywords

Anthropogenic disturbance; Ape cognition; Behavioural flexibility; Great apes; Hominin coexistence; Human wildlife interaction

Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOLOGY; COGNITION; CONSERVATION MANAGEMENT; HUMAN ACTIVITY; KIN SELECTION; PRIMATE; SURVIVAL;

HOMINIDAE;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; COGNITION; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; EVOLUTION; HOMINID; HUMAN; HUMAN ACTIVITIES; PHYSIOLOGY; RESEARCH;

ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; BIOLOGICAL EVOLUTION; COGNITION; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; HOMINIDAE; HUMAN ACTIVITIES; HUMANS; RESEARCH;

EID: 84925666218     PISSN: 01695347     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tree.2015.02.002     Document Type: Review

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