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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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The Evolution of Exudativory in Primates

Anne M. Burrows , Leanne T Nash

I first became involved in research into primate behavior and ecology in 1968, over 40 years ago, driven by a quest for a better understanding of the natural context of primate evolution. At that time, it was virtually unknown that primates can exploit exudates as a...



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Indonesian Primates

Sharon Gursky-Doyen , Jatna Supriatna

Indonesia possesses the second largest primate population in the world, with over 33 different primate species. Although Brazil possesses more primate species,Indonesia outranks it in terms of its diversity of primates, ranging from prosimians (slow lorises and...



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