South American primates : comparative perspectives in the study of behavior, ecology, and conservation /
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| Language: | English |
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New York :
Springer,
[2009]
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| Series: | Developments in primatology.
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Table of Contents:
- Introduction: Advancing the study of South American primates / Paul A. Garber and Alejandro Estrada
- Taxonomy, distribution, evolution, and historical biogeography of South American primates: The diversity of the New World primates (Platyrrhini) : an annotated taxonomy / Anthony B. Rylands and Russell A. Mittermeier
- Paleogeography of the South Atlantic : a route for primates and rodents into the New World? / Felipe Bandoni de Oliveira, Eder Cassola Molina, and Gabriel Marroig
- Platyrrhine ecophylogenetics in space and time / Alfred L. Rosenberger ... [et al.]
- Recent theoretical advances in primate behavior and ecology: Demographic and morphological perspectives on life history evolution and conservation of New World monkeys / Gregory E. Blomquist, Martin M. Kowalewski, and Steven R. Leigh
- Long-term field studies of South American primates / Karen B. Strier and Sérgio L. Mendes
- Sexual selection, female choice, and mating systems / Patrícia Izar ... [et al.]
- The reproductive ecology of South American primates : ecological adaptations in ovulation and conception / Toni E. Ziegler, Karen B. Strier, and Sarie Van Belle
- Genetic approaches to the study of dispersal and kinship in New World primates / Anthony Di Fiore
- Predation risk and antipredator strategies / Stephen F. Ferrari
- Mechanical and nutritional properties of food as factors in platyrrhine dietary adaptations / Marilyn A. Norconk ... [et al.]
- Neutral and niche perspectives and the role of primates as seed dispersers : a case study from Rio Paratari, Brazil / Kevina Vulinec and Joanna E. Lambert
- The use of vocal communication in keeping the spatial cohesion of groups : intentionality and specific functions / Rogério Grassetto Teixeira da Cunha and Richard W. Byrne
- Primate cognition : integrating social and ecological information in decision-making / Paul A. Garber, Júlio César Bicca-Marques, and Maria Aparecida de O. Azevedo-Lopes
- Conservation and management of South American primates: Impacts of subsistence game hunting on Amazonian primates / Benoit de Thoisy, Cécile Richard-Hansen, and Carlos A. Peres
- Primate densities in the Atlantic forest of southeast Brazil : the role of habitat quality and anthropogenic disturbance / Naiara Pinto ... [et al.]
- Ecological and anthropogenic influences on patterns of parasitism in free-ranging primates : a meta-analysis of the genus Alouatta / Martin M. Kowalewski and Thomas R. Gillespie
- Primate conservation in South America : the human and ecological dimensions of the problem / Alejandro Estrada
- Comparative perspectives in the study of South American primates : research priorities and conservation imperatives / Alejandro Estrada and Paul A. Garber.