Trends in Wild Chimpanzee Studies: from Journal Papers Published during 2000-2004

DOI Web Site 217 References

Bibliographic Information

Other Title
  • 野生チンパンジー研究の現状― 2000 年から2004 年までに学術誌に発表された論文の傾向から
  • ヤセイ チンパンジー ケンキュウ ノ ゲンジョウ 2000ネン カラ 2004ネン マデ ニ ガクジュツシ ニ ハッピョウ サレタ ロンブン ノ ケイコウ カラ

Search this article

Abstract

Papers (articles and short communications) on wild chimpanzee studies published during 2000-2004 in scientific journals were searched comprehensively using PrimateLIT (http://primatelit.library.wisc.edu/). A total of 145 papers were found, and were compiled and summarized by topic, research sites, and authors. Among research sites, Mahale produced the highest number of papers in these 5 years, followed by Taï, Budongo, and Ngogo. Outside the journals on primatology, Japanese authors tended to publish their papers more in anthropological than behavioral ecological journals. Although the topics of study were diverse, there seemed to be some recent trends in topics that attracted more researchers. One of such topics was aggressiveness of male chimpanzees, especially in relation with inter-group violence. Another popular topic was intellectual aspects of chimpanzee behavior, such as tool use, social learning, culture, etc. Socio-ecological studies, e.g. those comparing party size and ecological variables, were still common judging from the number of papers found. However, few papers on this topic were published from Kanyawara where the topic had once flourished. Many detailed papers, mostly on social relationships among males, were published from relatively new study sites such as Ngogo where chimpanzees had recently been habituated. On the other hand, long established study sites, such as Gombe, produced several papers using long-term data that had been collected regularly by field assistants. Another major topic in these 5 years was pathological and virological studies using noninvasive samples collected in the field. The increase of this topic surely was connected with a severe decline in the number of habituated chimpanzees, especially in Taï and in Gombe.

Journal

  • Primate Research

    Primate Research 21 (1), 27-46, 2005

    Primate Society of Japan

References(217)*help

See more

Keywords

Details 詳細情報について

Report a problem

Back to top