Orangutans: Geographic Variation in Behavioral Ecology and Conservation

by S. Suci Utami Atmoko, Tatang Mitra Setia, Serge A. Wich, et al.

Book Overview

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...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 019958415X
• ISBN13: 9780199584154
• Release Date: February 2010
• Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
• Length: 440 Pages
• Weight: 2.10 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 7.3" x 9.6"