African Ungulates

1. Front Matter

   Pages I-XIII

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2. Introduction

   1. Introduction

      • Walter Leuthold

      Pages 1-2

3. General Background

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 3-3

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   2. African Habitats

      • Walter Leuthold

      Pages 5-8

   3. The Ungulate Fauna of Africa

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      Pages 9-11

   4. Ethological Research on African Ungulates

      • Walter Leuthold

      Pages 12-15

   5. Conservation

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      Pages 16-18

4. Comparative Review of Nonsocial Behavior

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 19-19

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   2. Physical Maintenance Behavior

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      Pages 21-39

   3. Behavior Related to the Environment

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      Pages 40-70

   4. Relations with Animals of Other Species

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      Pages 71-83

5. Social Behavior

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 85-85

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   2. Expression and Communication

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      Pages 87-101

   3. Individual Recognition

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      Pages 102-103

   4. Coordination and Cooperation

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      Pages 104-106

   5. Leadership

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      Pages 107-108

   6. Agonistic Behavior

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      Pages 109-138

   7. Sexual Behavior

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      Pages 139-157

   8. Maternal/filial Behavior

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      Pages 158-183

6. Social Organization

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 185-185

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This book has been written mostly within sight of wild African ungulates, at the research center in Tsavo East National Park, V oi, Kenya. While this had many positive aspects, there were also a few drawbacks. The main one of these is the fact that Voi is not exactly at the hub of scientific activity, even if we restrict ourselves to African ungulates. Thus, whereas I had felt initially that I was sufficiently familiar with ethological work on these animals to write a useful review, it soon became woefully evident that this assumption was erroneous. Over the last few years studies on African ungulates have pro­ liferated and results are being published in journals almost all over the world. My location in East Africa was sometimes less than ideal with respect to access to the most recent literature, and I depended to a considerable extent on the goodwill of colleagues in giving or lending me relevant papers. I am happy to report that I received a great deal of support and cooperation in this respect. Nevertheless, I may have over­ looked some important papers inadvertently; their authors should not feel slighted by such omissions, which only reflect availability of literature to me. Readers may also notice a considerable geographical bias in favor of East Africa, at the expense of other African regions, particularly South Africa.

• Afrika /Biologie
• Huftiere
• Verhaltensforschung
• adaptation
• animals
• biology
• ecology
• environment
• fauna
• paper
• temperature
• vegetation
• wind

• Zurich, Switzerland

  Walter Leuthold

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