http://www.loc.gov/mods/v3 http://www.loc.gov/standards/mods/v3/mods-3-2.xsd
xii, 196 pages : color illustrations, maps ; 26 cm.
The cultural context -- Attitudes to orang-utans -- Malaysia -- East Malaysia -- Local orang-utan stories -- Orang-utan habitat -- The rainforest -- Climate and conditions for research -- The field researchers and the researched (distribution of orang-utans) -- Rehabilitation centres, national parks, reserves -- Sepilok -- Debates surrounding the orang-utan -- Anatomical and genetic debtes -- Genes and evolution -- Locomotion -- Ground versus arboreal living -- Dietary habits of the orang-utan -- Sexual behaviour and reproduction -- Sociality and gender difference -- Individual development and sexual behaviour -- Sexual interaction -- Mother-infant interaction -- Introducing "our" orang-utans -- How does one get to know an orang-utan? -- Orang-utans and human contact -- Provisioning -- Introducing "our" study orang-utans -- A brain like humans? -- Handedness and left-right differences in the brain -- Lateralisations in orang-utans -- Tool using and cognition -- Problem solving -- Communication
Gisela Kaplan and Lesley Rogers ; photography by Gisela Kaplan.
Includes bibliographical references (pages 163-190) and index.