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Primate Behavioral Ecology (6th Ed.)
Author: Strier Karen B.
Language: EnglishSubjects for Primate Behavioral Ecology:
Keywords
Mountain Gorillas; Howler Monkeys; northern; Hamadryas Baboon; muriqui; Wild Primates; muriquis; Primate Behavioral Ecology; van; White Faced Capuchin Monkeys; schaik; Northern Muriquis; howler; Yellow Baboon; monkeys; Mantled Howler Monkeys; mountain; Van Schaik; gorillas; Patas Monkeys; yellow; Spider Monkeys; Vervet Monkeys; Hanuman Langurs; Red Colobus; Multi-male Groups; Kibale National Park; Capuchin Monkeys; Estrous Females; Golden Snub Nosed Monkeys; Reproductive Opportunities; Spectral Tarsier; Extra-pair Copulations; Female Primates; Western Lowland Gorillas
Publication date: 07-2021
· 17.8x25.4 cm · Paperback
Publication date: 07-2021
· 17.8x25.4 cm · Hardback
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This comprehensive introductory text integrates evolutionary, ecological, and demographic perspectives with new results from field studies and contemporary noninvasive molecular and hormonal techniques to understand how different primates behave and the significance of these insights for primate conservation. Each chapter is organized around the major research themes in the field, with Strier emphasizing the interplay between theory, observations, and conservation issues. Examples are drawn from the "classic" primate field studies as well as more recent studies, including many previously neglected species, to illustrate the vast behavioral variation that exists across the primate order. Primate Behavioral Ecology 6th Edition integrates the impacts of anthropogenic activities on primate populations, including zoonotic disease and climate change, and considers the importance of behavioral flexibility for primate conservation. This fully updated new edition brings exciting new methods, theoretical perspectives, and discoveries together to provide an incomparable overview of the field of primate behavioral ecology and its applications to primate conservation. It is considered to be a "must read" for all students interested in primates.
1. Introduction to Primate Studies 2. Traits, Trends, and Taxonomy 3. Primates Past to Present 4. Evolution and Social Behavior 5. Evolution and Sex 6. Food and Foraging 7. Female Strategies 8. Male Strategies 9. Developmental Stages through the Life Span 10. Communication and Cognition 11. Community Ecology 12. Conservation
Karen B. Strier is a Vilas Research Professor and the Irven DeVore Professor of Anthropology and an Affiliate Professor of Integrated Biology at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, where she has been teaching since 1989. Her main research interests are to understand the behavioral ecology of primates from a comparative perspective, and to contribute to conservation efforts on their behalf.