Images, maps and 130-page bibliography available electronically via the World Wide Web.
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents
Introducing great apes / Richard Leakey -- Evolution, dispersal, and discovery of the great apes -- Great ape biology / Jane Goodall -- Great ape habitats : tropical moist forests of the old world -- Chimpanzee and bonobo overview -- Chimpanzee (Pan troglodytes) -- Bonobo (Pan paniscus) -- Gorilla overview -- Western gorilla (Gorilla gorilla) -- Eastern gorilla (Gorilla beringei) -- Orangutan overview -- Bornean orangutan (Pongo pygmaeus) -- Sumatran orangutan (Pongo abelii) -- Gibbons : the small apes -- Conserving the great apes / Toshisada Nishida -- Challenges to great ape survival -- Conservation measures in play -- Lessons learned and the path ahead -- Where are the great apes and whose job is it to save them? / Ian Redmond -- Africa -- Asia -- Afterword / Russell A. Mittermeier.
