South American Primates Comparative Perspectives in the Study of Behavior, Ecology, and Conservation /
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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New York, NY :
Springer New York : Imprint: Springer,
2009.
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| Edition: | 1st ed. 2009. |
| Series: | Developments in Primatology: Progress and Prospects,
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| Online Access: | https://doi.org/10.1007/978-0-387-78705-3 |
Table of Contents:
- 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.