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Owl Monkeys

Eduardo Fernandez-Duque

This book integrates three decades of owl monkey research conducted since 1994 when the first and only book focused on the genus Aotus was published. Owl monkeys were one of the least understood primates then; knowledge from wild populations was only beginning to emerge...



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Ecotourism and Indonesia's Primates

Angela Achorn , Sharon L. Gursky , Jatna Supriatna

The basic goal of the volume is to compile the most up to date research on the effect of ecotourism on Indonesia’s primates.The tremendous diversity of primates in Indonesia, in conjunction with the conservation issues facing the primates of this region, have created a...



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Life and Death in the Gombe Chimpanzees

Claire A. Kirchhoff

This book addresses how skeletons can inform us about behavior by describing skeletal lesions in the Gombe chimpanzees, relating them to known life histories whenever possible, and analyzing demographic patterns in the sample.This is of particular interest to both...



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Primate Life Histories, Sex Roles, and Adaptability

Katharine M. Jack , Urs Kalbitzer

Professor Linda M. Fedigan, Member of the Order of Canada and a Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada, has made major contributions to our understanding of the behavioural ecology of primates. Furthermore, Linda Fedigan pioneered and continues to advance scholarship on...



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Howler Monkeys

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Howler monkeys (genus Alouatta) comprise 12 species of leaf-eating New World monkeys that range from southern Mexico through northern Argentina. This genus is the most widespread of any New World primate and can be found to inhabit a range of forest types from...



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Howler Monkeys

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Howler monkeys (genus Alouatta) comprise twelve species of leaf-eating New World monkeys that range from southern Mexico through northern Argentina. This genus is the most widespread of any New World primate taxa, and can be found to inhabit a range of forest types from...



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High Altitude Primates

Nanda B. Grow , Sharon Gursky-Doyen , Alicia Krzton

The basic goal of the volume is to compile the most up to date research on how high altitude affects the behavior, ecology, evolution and conservation status of primates, especially in comparison to lowland populations.  Historically, the majority of primate studies...



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Primates in Fragments

Colin A. Chapman , Laura K. Marsh

This book is number two in a series for Primates in Fragments. In this volume, ten years after the first http://www.springer.com/social+sciences/anthropology+%26+archaeology/book/978-0-306-47696-9, we continue to address issues regarding primates within a fractured...



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Primates, Pathogens, and Evolution

Jessica F. Brinkworth , Kate Pechenkina

The immune systems of human and non-human primates have diverged over time, such that some species differ considerably in their susceptibility, symptoms, and survival of particular infectious diseases. Variation in primate immunity is such that major human pathogens -...



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Building Babies

Kathryn B.H. Clancy , Katie Hinde , Julienne N. Rutherford

The ontogeny of each individual contributes to the physical, physiological, cognitive, neurobiological, and behavioral capacity to manage the complex social relationships and diverse foraging tasks that characterize the primate order. For these reasons Building Babies...



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