Comparative Primate Biology
Comparative Primate Biology

Author: G. Mitchell

Publisher: Wiley-Liss

Published: 1986-10-20

Total Pages: 0

ISBN-13: 9780471625216

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Publisher: E. Hunt Publication date: 1837 Subjects: Speeches, addresses, etc., American History / United States / General Language Arts

Primate Behavioral Ecology
Primate Behavioral Ecology

Author: Karen B. Strier

Publisher: Routledge

Published: 2021-07-29

Total Pages: 827

ISBN-13: 1000359212

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This comprehensive introductory text integrates evolutionary, ecological, and demographic perspectives with new results from field studies and contemporary noninvasive molecular and hormonal techniques to understand how different primates behave and the significance of these insights for primate conservation. Each chapter is organized around the major research themes in the field, with Strier emphasizing the interplay between theory, observations, and conservation issues. Examples are drawn from the "classic" primate field studies as well as more recent studies, including many previously neglected species, to illustrate the vast behavioral variation that exists across the primate order. Primate Behavioral Ecology 6th Edition integrates the impacts of anthropogenic activities on primate populations, including zoonotic disease and climate change, and considers the importance of behavioral flexibility for primate conservation. This fully updated new edition brings exciting new methods, theoretical perspectives, and discoveries together to provide an incomparable overview of the field of primate behavioral ecology and its applications to primate conservation. It is considered to be a "must read" for all students interested in primates.

South American Primates
South American Primates

Author: Paul A. Garber

Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media

Published: 2008-11-13

Total Pages: 565

ISBN-13: 0387787054

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This will be the first time a volume will be compiled focusing on South American monkeys as models to address and test critical issues in the study of nonhuman primates. In addition, the volume will serve an important compliment to the book on Mesoamerican primates recently published in the series under the DIPR book series. The book will be of interest to a broad range of scientists in various disciplines, ranging from primatology, to animal behavior, animal ecology, conservation biology, veterinary science, animal husbandry, anthropology, and natural resource management. Moreover, although the volume will highlight South American primates, chapters will not simply review particular taxa or topics. Rather the focus of each chapter is to examine the nature and range of primate responses to changes in their ecological and social environments, and to use data on South American monkeys to address critical theoretical questions in the study of primate behavior, ecology, and conservation. Thus, we anticipate that the volume will be widely read by a broad range of students and researchers interested in prosimians, New World monkeys, Old World monkeys, apes, humans, as well as animal behavior and tropical biology.

Comparative Primate Socioecology
Comparative Primate Socioecology

Author: P. C. Lee

Publisher: Cambridge University Press

Published: 2001-07-19

Total Pages: 428

ISBN-13: 9780521004244

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Methodologies as applied to recent primate research that will provide new approaches to comparative research.

Comparative Primate Biology
Comparative Primate Biology

Author: Daris R. Swindler

Publisher: Wiley-Liss

Published: 1987-12-26

Total Pages: 836

ISBN-13: 9780471626442

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The wealth of evidence regarding ecological, social, physiological, anatomical, behavioral, and other areas of biological diversity assembled in this engrossing book will hopefully result in conservation of wild primate populations, development of effective captive propagation programs, the inspiration of new research in order to understand humanity in terms of its historic and current relationship to the natural, biological world.

Primate Conservation Biology
Primate Conservation Biology

Author: Guy Cowlishaw

Publisher: University of Chicago Press

Published: 2021-08-17

Total Pages: 511

ISBN-13: 022682117X

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From the snub-nosed monkeys of China to the mountain gorillas of central Africa, our closest nonhuman relatives are in critical danger worldwide. A recent report, for example, warns that nearly 20 percent of the world's primates may go extinct within the next ten or twenty years. In this book Guy Cowlishaw and Robin Dunbar integrate cutting-edge theoretical advances with practical management priorities to give scientists and policymakers the tools they need to help keep these species from disappearing forever. Primate Conservation Biology begins with detailed overviews of the diversity, life history, ecology, and behavior of primates and the ways these factors influence primate abundance and distribution. Cowlishaw and Dunbar then discuss the factors that put primates at the greatest risk of extinction, especially habitat disturbance and hunting. The remaining chapters present a comprehensive review of conservation strategies and management practices, highlighting the key issues that must be addressed to protect primates for the future.