{"product_id":"9781461427551","title":"Primates of Gashaka: Socioecology and Conservation in Nigeria's Biodiversity Hotspot","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe remote Gashaka region of north-eastern Nigeria is still largely unexplored. In this premier wilderness, monkeys and apes survive in large numbers – part of a rich assemblage of wildlife at the interface between the dry sub-Saharan Guinea savannah and the moist Cameroonian highlands.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePrimates include the rarest chimpanzee subspecies, colobus, guenons and baboons, which thrive here despite the wet climate. The main ethnic groups – Fulani cattle herders and Hausa speaking subsistence farmers – still follow age-old traditions. Conservation challenges comprise settlements in protected areas, deforestation, annual fires, livesk grazing and hunting.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003ePrimates of Gashaka\u003c\/i\u003e provides first-hand research accounts in conjunction with the Gashaka Primate Project, founded in 2000. Topics covers primate socioecology; genetics and phylogeography; nutritional ecology; vocal communication and cognition; ethno-botany and ethno-primatology; human subsistence strategies and conflicts with wildlife; as well as habitat surveys assessing success and failure of conservation approaches. The contributions aim for interdisciplinarity and comparative dimensions, across species and the African continent.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis pioneering volume about one of the least known iconic primate habitats is of interest to primatologists, anthropologists, policy-makers and conservationists alike.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Springer New York","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47053565460720,"sku":"9781461427551","price":250.65,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/275827491.jpg?v=1751758463","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781461427551","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}