Book contents
- The Chimpanzees of the Taï Forest
- The Chimpanzees of the Taï Forest
- Copyright page
- Dedication
- Contents
- Contributors
- Preface
- Acknowledgements
- 1 War and peace in the Taï chimpanzee forest: running a long-term chimpanzee research project
- 2 Developments in statistical methods applied over four decades of research in the Taï Chimpanzee Project
- 3 Observation protocol and long-term data collection in Taï
- 4 The Wild Chimpanzee Foundation (WCF) and the Taï Chimpanzee Project (TCP)
- 5 Insights from genetic analyses of the Taï chimpanzees
- 6 Endocrinological analyses at Taï
- 7 Chimpanzee behavioural diversity and the contribution of the Taï Chimpanzee Project
- 8 An energetic model of foraging optimization: wild chimpanzee hammer selection for nut-cracking
- 9 Demography and life history of five chimpanzee communities in Taï National Park
- 10 Adoption in the Taï chimpanzees: costs, benefits and strong social relationships
- 11 Spatial integration of unusually high numbers of immigrant females into the South Group: further support for the bisexually bonded model in Taï chimpanzees
- 12 Forty years striving to capture culture among the Taï chimpanzees
- 13 Cultural diversity of nut-cracking behaviour between two populations of wild chimpanzees (Pan troglodytes verus) in the Côte d’Ivoire
- 14 Ecological and social influences on rates of social play in immature wild chimpanzees (Pan troglodytes verus)
- 15 Long-term diet of the chimpanzees (Pan troglodytes verus) in Taï National Park: interannual variations in consumption
- 16 Why Taï mangabeys do not use tools to crack nuts like sympatric-living chimpanzees: a cognitive limitation on monkey feeding ecology
- 17 Providing research for conservation from long-term field sites
- 18 Rank changes in female chimpanzees in Taï National Park
- 19 Effects of large-scale knockouts on chimpanzee association networks
- 20 Why do the chimpanzees of the Taï Forest share meat? The value of bartering, begging and hunting
- 21 Group-specific social dynamics affect urinary oxytocin levels in Taï male chimpanzees
- 22 The chimpanzees of the Taï Forest as models for hominine microorganism ecology and evolution
- 23 Acute infectious diseases occurring in the Taï chimpanzee population: a review
- 24 Why does the chimpanzee vocal repertoire remain poorly understood and what can be done about it?
- 25 Evidence for sexual dimorphism in chimpanzee vocalizations: a comparison of male and female call production and acoustic parameters
- 26 Gestural usage and development in two chimpanzee groups of different subspecies (Pan troglodytes verus/P.t. schweinfurthii)
- 27 Spatial cognitive abilities in foraging chimpanzees
- 28 Temporal cognition in Taï chimpanzees
- Index
- References
9 - Demography and life history of five chimpanzee communities in Taï National Park
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 25 November 2019
Book contents
- The Chimpanzees of the Taï Forest
- The Chimpanzees of the Taï Forest
- Copyright page
- Dedication
- Contents
- Contributors
- Preface
- Acknowledgements
- 1 War and peace in the Taï chimpanzee forest: running a long-term chimpanzee research project
- 2 Developments in statistical methods applied over four decades of research in the Taï Chimpanzee Project
- 3 Observation protocol and long-term data collection in Taï
- 4 The Wild Chimpanzee Foundation (WCF) and the Taï Chimpanzee Project (TCP)
- 5 Insights from genetic analyses of the Taï chimpanzees
- 6 Endocrinological analyses at Taï
- 7 Chimpanzee behavioural diversity and the contribution of the Taï Chimpanzee Project
- 8 An energetic model of foraging optimization: wild chimpanzee hammer selection for nut-cracking
- 9 Demography and life history of five chimpanzee communities in Taï National Park
- 10 Adoption in the Taï chimpanzees: costs, benefits and strong social relationships
- 11 Spatial integration of unusually high numbers of immigrant females into the South Group: further support for the bisexually bonded model in Taï chimpanzees
- 12 Forty years striving to capture culture among the Taï chimpanzees
- 13 Cultural diversity of nut-cracking behaviour between two populations of wild chimpanzees (Pan troglodytes verus) in the Côte d’Ivoire
- 14 Ecological and social influences on rates of social play in immature wild chimpanzees (Pan troglodytes verus)
- 15 Long-term diet of the chimpanzees (Pan troglodytes verus) in Taï National Park: interannual variations in consumption
- 16 Why Taï mangabeys do not use tools to crack nuts like sympatric-living chimpanzees: a cognitive limitation on monkey feeding ecology
- 17 Providing research for conservation from long-term field sites
- 18 Rank changes in female chimpanzees in Taï National Park
- 19 Effects of large-scale knockouts on chimpanzee association networks
- 20 Why do the chimpanzees of the Taï Forest share meat? The value of bartering, begging and hunting
- 21 Group-specific social dynamics affect urinary oxytocin levels in Taï male chimpanzees
- 22 The chimpanzees of the Taï Forest as models for hominine microorganism ecology and evolution
- 23 Acute infectious diseases occurring in the Taï chimpanzee population: a review
- 24 Why does the chimpanzee vocal repertoire remain poorly understood and what can be done about it?
- 25 Evidence for sexual dimorphism in chimpanzee vocalizations: a comparison of male and female call production and acoustic parameters
- 26 Gestural usage and development in two chimpanzee groups of different subspecies (Pan troglodytes verus/P.t. schweinfurthii)
- 27 Spatial cognitive abilities in foraging chimpanzees
- 28 Temporal cognition in Taï chimpanzees
- Index
- References
Summary
Demography and life-history data provide key information for our interpretation of the evolution and ecology of a species. Gathering reliable data can be a challenge, especially in species with long life spans such as the great apes. Only long-term field projects can compile trustworthy demography data, allowing us to access life-history measures. Here, we present the demography of four communities of wild chimpanzees (North, South, Middle and East Groups) located in Taï National Park, Côte d’Ivoire, following observations of individual chimpanzees for almost 40 years. We will provide demography data on birth, mortality, community size, age and sex ratios, among others, and translate these into life-history measures related to reproductive strategies (age of mother at birth of first infant, interbirth interval, etc.) and fitness (reproductive success, longevity, etc.). A comparison with available data from other long-term chimpanzee study sites will be made and we will discuss the life-history adaptations of Taï chimpanzees to the challenges they are facing.
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