Full Description
The interest in primates, from lemurs to gorillas, has never been greater. Primatologists are constantly finding evidence in the behavior and ecology of our closest genetic relatives that sheds light on human origins. So, just who are these 520+ species of complex and intelligent mammals inhabiting the Neotropics, Africa, Madagascar, and Asia? The Natural History of Primates provides the most current information on wild primates from experts who have studied them in their natural environments.
This volume provides up-to-date facts and figures on how groups of social primates interact with each other and the plants and other animal species in their ecosystems: what they eat, which predators might eat them, how males and females seek mates, which sex is dominant, how infants are raised, and a myriad other fascinating details about their size and coloring, their visual and vocal communication, their ability to craft and use tools, and the varieties of locomotion they employ. As human populations continue to expand into the rainforests, savannas, and woodlands where non-human primates dwell, the preservation of these species becomes ever more important. The Natural History of Primates is unique in its emphasis on the conservation status of primate species and its ample discussions on how humans and non-human primates can coexist in the 21st century.
Contents
Foreword (Ian Tattersall)
Introduction (Donna Hart)
About the Contributors
Part I: Strepsirrhini And Tarsiers (Prosimians)
Chapter 1: Lorises And Galagos - The Lorisiform Primates (K. A. I. Nekaris, Stephanie A. Poindexter, Robert W. Sussman, And Ian C. Colquhoun)
Chapter 2: Ecology And Life History Of The Nocturnal Lemurs (Sylvia Atsalis And Robert W. Sussman)
Chapter 3: Diurnal And Cathemeral Lemurs (Ian C. Colquhoun And Joyce Powzyk)
Chapter 4: Tarsiers (Myron Shekelle, Sharon L. Gursky, Angela Achorn, And Ian C. Colquhoun)
Chapter 5: Reflections On Prosimian Biology (Robert D. Martin)
Part II. Neotropical Monkeys
Chapter 6: Tamarins, Callimicos, And Marmosets: The Evolutionary And Ecological Challenges Of Body Size Reduction And Reproductive Twinning (Paul A. Garber And Robert W. Sussman)
Chapter 7: Owl Monkeys: Under The Moonlight (Anneke M. Deluycker)
Chapter 8: Titi Monkeys: Tail-Twining In The Trees (Anneke M. Deluycker)
Chapter 9: Sakis, Bearded Sakis, And Uakaris: Platyrrhine Seed Predators (Christopher A. Shaffer And Patricia T. Ormond)
Chapter 10: Ecological Niches And Behavioral Strategies Of Capuchins And Squirrel Monkeys (Katherine C. Mackinnon And Michelle Bezanson)
Chapter 11: Howler Monkeys, Spider Monkeys, Woolly Monkeys, And Muriquis: Behavioral Ecology Of The Largest Primates Of The Americas (Michelle Bezanson, Karen B. Strier, And Robert W. Sussman)
Chapter 12: Primate Field Research In The Neotropics: Early History, Systematics, And Conservation (Anthony B. Rylands And Russell A. Mittermeier)
Part III. African And Asian Monkeys
Chapter 13: The African Colobines: Behavioral Flexibility And Conservation In A Changing World (Eva C. Wikberg, Elizabeth Kelley, Robert W. Sussman, And Nelson Ting)
Chapter 14: Ecology And Behavior Of The Arboreal African Guenons (Joanna E. Lambert, Robert W. Sussman, And Martha M. Lyke)
Chapter 15: Behavioral Ecology Of Patas Monkeys And Vervets (Jill D. Pruetz, Robert W. Sussman, And Jennifer D. Cramer)
Chapter 16: Mangabeys, Mandrills, Drills, Baboons, And Geladas (Pia Nystrom)
Chapter 17: Macaques: Ecological Plasticity In Primates (Pamela C. Ashmore, Donna Hart, And Christopher A. Shaffer)
Chapter 18: The Ecology And Social Structure Of The Asian Colobines (Rajnish Vandercone, Camille Coudrat, And Patricia T. Ormond)
Chapter 19: Commentary On Old World Monkeys (Larissa Swedell And W. S. Mcgraw)
Part IV. Apes
Chapter 20: Gibbons - Arboreal Acrobats Of Southeast Asia (Thad Q. Bartlett And Robert W. Sussman)
Chapter 21: The Orangutans: Asia's Endangered Great Apes (Roberto Antonio Delgado, Jr.)
Chapter 22: Gorillas (David B. Morgan, Robert W. Sussman, Kristena E. Cooksey, Kathryn Judson, And Crickette M. Sanz)
Chapter 23: Chimpanzees And Bonobos (Crickette M. Sanz, Robert W. Sussman, Stephanie Musgrave, Juan Salvador Ortega Peralejo, And David B. Morgan)
Chapter 24: The Wonderful World Of Apes ... And The Adventures We Have Studying Them (Michele Goldsmith)
Acknowledgments
