South American Primates Comparative Perspectives in the Study of Behavior, Ecology, and Conservation /

Detalles Bibliográficos
Autor Corporativo: SpringerLink (Online service)
Otros Autores: Garber, Paul A. (Editor ), Estrada, Alejandro. (Editor ), Bicca-Marques, Julio Cesar. (Editor ), Heymann, Eckhard W. (Editor ), Strier, Karen B. (Editor )
Formato: eBook
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: New York, NY : Springer New York : Imprint: Springer, 2009.
Edición:1st ed. 2009.
Colección:Developments in Primatology: Progress and Prospects,
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Acceso en línea:https://doi.org/10.1007/978-0-387-78705-3
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • 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.