H. A. Isack
4 Papers
H. A. Isack is an academic researcher. The author has contributed to research in topics: Biology & Wildlife. The author has an hindex of 1, co-authored 1 publications.
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Honeyguides and Honey Gatherers: Interspecific Communication in a Symbiotic Relationship
H. A. Isack,Hans-Ulrich Reyer +1 more
TL;DR: The Boran people of Kenya claim that they can deduce the direction and the distance to the nest as well as their own arrival at the nest from the bird's flight pattern, perching height, and calls.
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The ecology and evolution of human‐wildlife cooperation
Dominic L. Cram,Jessica E. M. van der Wal,Natalie Uomini,Mauricio Cantor,Anap I. Afan,Mairenn C. Attwood,Jenny Amphaeris,Fatima Balasani,Cameron J. Blair,Judith L. Bronstein,Iahaia O. Buanachique,R. Cuthill,Jewel Das,Fábio G. Daura-Jorge,Apurba Krishna Deb,Tanmay Dixit,Gcina S. Dlamini,Edmond Dounias,Isa I. Gedi,Martin Gruber,Lilian Sander Hoffmann,Tobias Holzlehner,H. A. Isack,Eliupendo A. Laltaika,David J. Lloyd-Jones,Jess Lund,Alexandre Marcel da Silva Machado,L. Mahadevan,Ignacio B. Moreno,Chima Josiah Nwaogu,Raymond Pierotti,Seliano A. Rucunua,Wilson F. dos Santos,Nathalia Serpa,Brian D. Smith,Hari Sridhar,Irina Tolkova,Tin Tun,J. V. S. Valle‐Pereira,Brian M. Wood,Richard W. Wrangham,Claire N. Spottiswoode +41 more
TL;DR: This study presents a new type of mutualism in which a human and a wild, free- living animal actively coordinate their behaviour to achieve a common beneficial outcome.
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Do honey badgers and greater honeyguide birds cooperate to access bees' nests? Ecological evidence and honey‐hunter accounts
Jessica E. M. van der Wal,Anap I. Afan,Colleen Begg,Keith Begg,Guan Dabo,Isa I. Gedi,H. A. Isack,J. I. Ibrahim,Gabriel A. Jamie,Aoife Kingston,Eliupendo A. Laltaika,David J. Lloyd-Jones,Celiwe A. Ngcamphalala,Sibusiso Nhlabatsi,Mazi Sanda,Brian M. Wood,Claire N. Spottiswoode,Dominic L. Cram +17 more
TL;DR: In this article , the authors review the evidence that honey badgers and honeyguides cooperate to access bees' nests, drawing from the published literature, from their own observations whilst studying both species, and by conducting 394 interviews with honeyhunters in 11 communities across nine African countries.
Safeguarding human–wildlife cooperation
Jessica E. M. van der Wal,Claire N. Spottiswoode,Natalie Uomini,Mauricio Cantor,Fábio G. Daura-Jorge,Anap I. Afan,Mairenn C. Attwood,Jenny Amphaeris,Fatima Balasani,Colleen Begg,Cameron J. Blair,Judith L. Bronstein,Iahaia O. Buanachique,R. Cuthill,Jewel Das,Apurba Krishna Deb,Tanmay Dixit,Gcina S. Dlamini,Edmond Dounias,Isa I. Gedi,Martin Gruber,Lilian Sander Hoffmann,Tobias Holzlehner,H. A. Isack,Eliupendo A. Laltaika,David J. Lloyd-Jones,Jess Lund,Alexandre Marcel da Silva Machado,L. Mahadevan,Ignacio B. Moreno,Chima Josiah Nwaogu,Valdomiro Pereira,Raymond Pierotti,Seliano A. Rucunua,Wilson F. dos Santos,Nathalia Serpa,Brian D. Smith,Irina Tolkova,Tin Tun,J. V. S. Valle‐Pereira,Brian M. Wood,Richard W. Wrangham,Dominic L. Cram +42 more
TL;DR: In this paper , a review highlights that efforts to conserve biological and cultural diversity should carefully consider interactions between human and animal cultures, and that tailored safeguarding plans are therefore necessary to protect these diverse and irreplaceable interactions.