Primates in perspective
Publisher description: Primates in Perspective is the first edited volume to offer a comprehensive overview of primatology since 1987. Forty-four original essays by fifty-nine leading researchers in the field today provide wide-ranging and contemporary coverage of all of the major areas of primatology. Arranged in six sections, the text begins with an introduction to primatology and a review of the natural history of the major taxonomic groups within the order Primates. It goes on to cover methodologies and research design for both field and captive settings; primate reproduction; primate ecology and conservation and their roles in the daily lives of primates; and such aspects of social behavior and intelligence as communication, learning, and cognition. The volume ends with a concluding chapter by the editors that discusses the future of primatological research. Ideal for introductory primatology courses, Primates in Perspective can also be used in upper-division behavior and conservation courses. Additionally, it is an invaluable reference tool for primate researchers
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xiv, 720 pages : illustrations, maps ; 29 cm
9780195171334, 9780195171341, 0195171330, 0195171349
60664435
Preface; Introduction; PART 1: BACKGROUND; 1. A Brief History of Primate Field Studies; 2. Primate Evolution; PART 2: THE PRIMATES; 3. The Lorisiform Primates of Asia and Mainland Africa: Diversity Shrouded in Darkness; 4. Lemuriformes; 5. Tarsiiformes; 6. Callitrichines: The Role of Competition in Cooperatively Breeding Species; 7. The Cebines: Toward an Explanation of Variable Social Structure; 8. Sakis, Uakaris, and Titi Monkeys: Behavioral Diversity in a Radiation of Primate Seed Predators; 9. Aotinae: Social Monogamy in the Only Nocturnal Haplorhines; 10. The Atelines: Variation in Ecology, Behavior, and Social Organization; 11. The Asian Colobines: Diversity Among Leaf-Eating Monkeys; 12. African Colobine Monkeys; 13. The Macaques: A Double-Layered Social Organization; 14. Baboons, Mandrills, and Mangabeys: Afro-Papionin Sociology in a Phylogenetic Perspective; 15. The Guenons (Genus Cercopithecus) and Their Allies: Behavioral Ecology of Polyspecific Associations; 16. The Hylobatidae: Small Apes of Asia; 17. Orangutans in Perspective: Forced Copulations and Female Mating Resistance; 18. Gorillas: Diversity in Ecology and Behavior; 19. Chimpanzees and Bonobos: Diversity Within and Between Species; PART 3: METHODS; 20. Research Design; 21. Advances in the Understanding of Primate Reproductive Endocrinology; 22. Molecular Primatology; PART 4: REPRODUCTION; 23. Life History; 24. Primate Growth and Development: A Functional and Evolutionary Approach; 25. Primate Sexuality and Reproduction; 26. Reproductive Cessation in Female Primates: Comparisons of Japanese Macaques and Humans; 27. Mate Choice; PART 5: ECOLOGY; 28. The New Era of Primate Socioecology: Ecology and Intersexual Conflict; 29. Primate Nutritional Ecology: Feeding Biology and Diet at Ecological and Evolutionary Scales; 30. Conservation; 31. Primate Seed Dispersal: Linking Behavioral Ecology with Forest Community Structure; 32. Predation; 33. Primate Locomotor Behavior and Ecology; PART 6: SOCIAL BEHAVIOR AND INTELLIGENCE; 34. Social Mechanisms in the Control of Primate Aggression; 35. Infant and Adult Interactions; 36. Postconflict Reconciliation; 37. Social Organization: Social Systems and the Complexities in Understanding the Evolution of Primate Behavior; 38. The Conundrum of Communication; 39. Cooperation and Competition in Primate Social Interactions; 40. Social Learning in Monkeys and Apes: Cultural Animals?; 41. Tool Use and Cognition in Primates; 42. Primate Self-Medication; 43. Ethnoprimatology: Contextualizing Human and Nonhuman Primate Interactions; 44. Where We Have Been, Where We Are, and Where We Are Going: The Future of Primatological Research
Christina J. Campbell is a New Zealand author