South American primates : comparative perspectives in the study of behavior, ecology, and conservation /

Bibliographic Details
Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
Other Authors: Garber, Paul Alan
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: New York : Springer, [2009]
Series:Developments in primatology.
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Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
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.