South American Primates Comparative Perspectives in the Study of Behavior, Ecology, and Conservation - Garber, Paul A.; Estrada, Alejandro; Bicca-Marques, Julio Cesar; Heymann, Eckhard W.; Strier, Karen B.; SpringerLink (Online service) (New York, NY : Springer New York : Imprint: Springer, 2009)
Advancing the Study of South American Primates -- Taxonomy, Distribution, Evolution, and Historical Biogeography of South American Primates -- The Diversity of the New World Primates (Platyrrhini): An Annotated Taxonomy -- Paleogeography of the South Atlantic: a Route for Primates and Rodents into the New World? -- Platyrrhine Ecophylogenetics in Space and Time -- Recent Theoretical Advances in Primate Behavior and Ecology -- Demographic and Morphological Perspectives on Life History Evolution and Conservation of New World Monkeys -- Long-Term Field Studies of South American Primates -- Sexual Selection, Female Choice and Mating Systems -- The Reproductive Ecology of South American Primates: Ecological Adaptations in Ovulation and Conception -- Genetic Approaches to the Study of Dispersal and Kinship in New World Primates -- Predation Risk and Antipredator Strategies -- Mechanical and Nutritional Properties of Food as Factors in Platyrrhine Dietary Adaptations -- Neutral and Niche Perspectives and the Role of Primates as Seed Dispersers: A Case Study from Rio Paratari, Brazil -- The Use of Vocal Communication in Keeping the Spatial Cohesion of Groups: Intentionality and Specific Functions -- Primate Cognition: Integrating Social and Ecological Information in Decision-Making -- Conservation and Management of South American Primates -- Impacts of Subsistence Game Hunting on Amazonian Primates -- Primate Densities in the Atlantic Forest of~Southeast Brazil: The Role of Habitat Quality and Anthropogenic Disturbance -- Ecological and Anthropogenic Influences on Patterns of Parasitism in Free-Ranging Primates: A Meta-analysis of the Genus Alouatta -- Primate Conservation in South America: The~Human and Ecological Dimensions of the Problem -- Concluding Chapter -- Comparative Perspectives in the Study of South American Primates: Research Priorities and Conservation Imperatives.
Keywords: Zoology; Ecology .; Behavioral sciences; Zoology; Ecology; Behavioral Sciences