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ISBN : 9780131845480 (pbk)
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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Swedell, Larissa.
Strategies of sex and survival in hamadryas baboons: through a female lens/Larissa Swedell.
p. cm (Primate field studies)
Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN 0-13-184548-9
1. Hamadryas baboonSexual behavior. 2. Social behavior in animals. I. Title. II. Series.
QL737.P93S88 2006
599.865dc22
2004043189
This book is based largely on my dissertation research, conducted between 1996 and 1998 in Ethiopia. None of it would have taken place without the invitation extended to me by Cliff Jolly and Jane Phillips-Conroy of the Awash National Park Baboon Research Project (ANPBRP) to visit Awash National Park during the summer of 1995. I am particularly grateful to Cliff Jolly, who originally suggested to me that there was still much to be learned about the behavior of female hamadryas baboons.
I am indebted to many other people and organizations for enabling me to conduct this research. In Ethiopia, Addis Ababa University (AAU) and the Ethiopian Wildlife Conservation Organization (EWCO) kindly granted me research permission and affiliation. At AAU, I thank Dr. Endashaw Bekele, Ato Hailu Zegwe, Dr. Seyoum Mengistou, Dr. Masreshe Fetene, and Dr. Solomon Yirga. At EWCO, I thank Ato Gebremarkos Woldeselassie, Ato Tesfaye Hundessa, Ato Tadesse Hailu, Dr. Fekadu Shifferraw, Weyzerit Almaz Tadesse, and Ato Getenet Wondimu Hailemeskel. Finally, a very special thanks to Ato Goitum Redda, who served as my translator and negotiator during those crucial first weeks at Filoha.
In the field, I have benefited from the use of the ANPBRPs field vehicle and equipment and for that I am grateful to Cliff Jolly and Jane Phillips-Conroy. Ato Minda Wordofa, Weyzerit Marta Minda, and Weyzero Radi Omar helped keep me healthy in the field between 1996 and 1998, and Ato Minda Wordofa was particularly valuable as my cook, carpenter, translator, negotiator, troubleshooter, and helper in all respects during my first field season. Several park scouts served as my guides and, most importantly, guards during my daily follows: these were Kebbede Yibelendes, Balai Chokol, and Regassa Akalu during my first field season and Kebbede Yibelendes, Ahamad Musa, and Kimfe Gezow during my second field season. Ato Kebbede Yibalendes in particular was a tremendous help. I am also grateful to the entire staff of the Awash National Park, who were accommodating and supportive in ensuring my safety and comfort at Filoha, especially Ato Kahasai Woldetensai, Messeret Mekuria, Fanuel Kebbede, and Abdi Weyiss. Thanks also to Thore Bergman and Jacinta Beehner for their help trapping baboons in December 1997 and January 1998, to Dana Whitelaw for her help collecting data and samples during the summer of 1998, to Andy Burrell and Pia Nystrom for their help trapping in July and August 2000, and to Teklu Tesfaye, Tariku Woldaregay, and Demekech Woldaregay for their help with fieldwork, camp logistics, and all else in 2000, 2001, 2002, and 2004. Teklu Tesfaye and Demekech Woldaregay have become a regular part of my research team over the past few field seasons and have proved invaluable.
Most recently, Ato Getenet Wondimu Hailemeskel has provided an endless amount of logistical help, smoothing out the bumps in the administrative road. Getenet has been part of my research team since 2001 and I thank him for his assistance in the field, not only with the fieldwork itself but also with logistics and the many negotiations that he carried off so flawlessly amid various local controversies. I am also grateful to Getenet for collecting the Afar tale about the origin of hamadryas baboons (in ) from Hamedu Ture and transcribing it for me.
On May 28, 1997, a field accident disrupted my life and my research, and I would probably not be here today were it not for the help of friends, colleagues, and family after the accident. While following baboons up a cliff, a rock broke loose and hit me in the head, knocking me unconscious, fracturing my skull, and breaking several teeth. Balai Chokol resuscitated me and Kebbede Yibalendes walked eight kilometers to get help. The director of Awara Melka State Farm in Sabure; Atos Kahasai Woldetensai, Fanuel Kebbede, and Meseret Mekuria; and Cliff Jolly and Jane Phillips-Conroy all helped relay me to Addis Ababa for medical care. Thore Bergman called the U.S. Embassy for assistance; Dr. Richard Hodes arranged for emergency medical treatment and spent all night arranging and coordinating my medical evacuation to Israel; Drs. Elias Solomon and Milliard Derebew cleansed and stitched my head laceration; the staff at the Blue Nile Clinic in Addis Ababa treated me throughout that night; and Jane Phillips-Conroy was instrumental in contacting my family and making emergency arrangements. Scholastic Overseas Services (SOS) International Travel Insurance chartered a private plane, at great expense, to fly me to Hadassah Hospital in Israel for further treatment, and Ato Tekeste Bereket of the American Embassy obtained special permission on very short notice for the SOS plane to land in Addis. Barbara Swedell and Eric Sargis flew to Israel on only a days notice, Eric cancelled his summer research plans to nurse me back to health at home in New York, and Ralph Swedell flew to New York for a week, breaking his vow to stay away from big cities. I am grateful to all of these individuals, as well as to the many others who, without my knowledge or recollection, also played a role in my postaccident care and evacuation. I offer my apologies to those whom I have not thanked by name.
I also owe thanks to those who were instrumental in helping to develop my ideas before, during, and after my dissertation research. Dr. Meredith Small at Cornell University originally inspired me to study primate female reproductive strategies and has been a great source of motivation and support over the years. Drs. Marina Cords, John Oates, Cliff Jolly, Fred Szalay, Terry Harrison, and Eric Delson, among others, all contributed to the development of my knowledge and ideas about primate behavior, ecology, and evolution during my graduate career. Drs. Cliff Jolly and John Oates have given me many valuable comments on my work at various stages and have been especially instrumental in helping me to see the forest through the trees. Drs. Fred Szalay, Eric Delson, John Oates, and Jill Shapiro have all been unfailingly supportive and encouraging. Finally, Marina Cords, my graduate advisor, was always there with advice, guidance, and constructive criticism, especially during the project design and analysis phases of my research, and has provided me with a standard of scientific excellence that has been difficult, if not impossible, to live up to.
