Primates in Perspective

by Campbell, Christina J.; Fuentes, Agustin; MacKinnon, Katherine C.; Panger, Melissa; Bearder, Simon K.

• ISBN13: 9780195171334
• ISBN10: 0195171330
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2006-03-23
• Publisher: Oxford University Press

Summary

Primates in Perspective is the first edited volume to offer a comprehensive overview of primatology since 1987. Forty-four original essays--by fifty-nine leading researchers in the field today--provide wide-ranging and contemporary coverage of all of the major areas of primatology. Arranged in six sections, the text begins with an introduction to primatology and a review of the natural history of the major taxonomic groups within the order Primates. It goes on to cover methodologies and research design for both field and captive settings; primate reproduction; primateecology and conservation and their roles in the daily lives of primates; and such aspects of social behavior and intelligence as communication, learning, and cognition. The volume ends with a concluding chapter by the editors that discusses the future of primatological research. Ideal for introductory primatology courses, Primates in Perspective can also be used in upper-division behavior and conservation courses. Additionally, it is an invaluable reference tool for primate researchers.

Table of Contents

Preface	ix
Contributors	xiii
Introduction	1	(4)
Phyllis Dolhinow
PART ONE Background	5	(18)
A Brief History of Primate Field Studies	6	(5)
Robert W. Sussman
Primate Evolution	11	(12)
Walter Hartwig
PART TWO The Primates	23	(322)
The Lorisiform Primates of Asia and Mainland Africa: Diversity Shrouded in Darkness	24	(22)
Anna Nekaris
Simon K. Bearder
Lemuriformes	46	(27)
Lisa Gould
Michelle Souther
Tarsiiformes	73	(12)
Sharon Gursky
Callitrichines: The Role of Competition in Cooperatively Breeding Species	85	(22)
Leslie J. Digby
Stephen F. Ferrari
Wendy Saltzman
The Cebines: Toward an Explanation of Variable Social Structure	107	(16)
Katharine M. Jack
Sakis, Uakaris, and Titi Monkeys: Behavioral Diversity in a Radiation of Primate Seed Predators	123	(16)
Marilyn A. Norconk
Aotinae: Social Monogamy in the Only Nocturnal Haplorhines	139	(16)
Eduardo Fernandez-Duque
The Atelines: Variation in Ecology, Behavior, and Social Organization	155	(31)
Anthony Di Fiore
Christina J. Campbell
The Asian Colobines: Diversity Among Leaf-Eating Monkeys	186	(15)
R. Craig Kirkpatrick
African Colobine Monkeys: Patterns of Between-Group Interaction	201	(23)
Peter J. Fashing
The Macaques: A Double-Layered Social Organization	224	(16)
Bernard Thierry
Baboons, Mandrills, and Mangabeys: Afro-Papionin Socioecology in a Phylogenetic Perspective	240	(12)
Clifford J. Jolly
The Guenons (Genus Cercopithecus) and Their Allies: Behavioral Ecology of Polyspecific Associations	252	(22)
Karin L Enstam
Lynne A. Isbell
The Hylobatidae: Small Apes of Asia	274	(16)
Thad Q. Bartlett
Orangutans in Perspective: Forced Copulations and Female Mating Resistance	290	(15)
Cheryl D. Knott
Sonya M. Kahlenberg
Gorillas: Diversity in Ecology and Behavior	305	(16)
Martha M. Robbins
Chimpanzees and Bonobos: Diversity Within and Between Species	321	(24)
Rebecca Stumpf
PART THREE Methods	345	(50)
Research Questions	346	(10)
Elsworth Ray
Advances in the Understanding of Primate Reproductive Endocrinology	356	(13)
Bill L. Lasley
Anne Savage
Molecular Primatology	369	(26)
Anthony Di Fiore
Pascal Gagneux
PART FOUR Reproduction	395	(70)
Life History	396	(12)
Steven R. Leigh
Gregory E. Blomquist
Primate Growth and Development: A Functional and Evolutionary Approach	408	(15)
Debra Bolter
Adrienne Zihlman
Primate Sexuality and Reproduction	423	(14)
Christina J. Campbell
Reproductive Cessation in Female Primates: Comparisons of Japanese Macaques and Humans	437	(10)
Linda Marie Fedigan
Mary S. M. Pavelka
Mate Choice	447	(18)
Joseph H. Manson
PART FIVE Ecology	465	(96)
The New Era of Primate Socioecology: Ecology and Intersexual Conflict	466	(16)
Deborah Overdorff
Joyce Parga
Primate Nutritional Ecology: Feeding Biology and Diet at Ecological and Evolutionary Scales	482	(14)
Joanna E. Lambert
Conservation	496	(14)
Karen B. Strier
Primate Seed Dispersal: Linking Behavioral Ecology with Forest Community Structure	510	(15)
Colin A. Chapman
Sabrina E. Russo
Predation on Primates: Past Studies, Current Challenges, and Directions for the Future	525	(18)
Lynne E. Miller
Adrian Treves
Primate Locomotor Behavior and Ecology	543	(18)
Paul A. Garber
PART SIX Social Behavior and Intelligence	561	(146)
Social Mechanisms in the Control of Primate Aggression	562	(9)
Irwin S. Bernstein
Social Beginnings: The Tapestry of Infant and Adult Interactions	571	(21)
Katherine C. MacKinnon
Postconflict Reconciliation	592	(17)
Kate Arnold
Filippo Aureli
Social Organization: Social Systems and the Complexities in Understanding the Evolution of Primate Behavior	609	(12)
Agustin Fuentes
The Conundrum of Communication	621	(15)
Harold Gouzoules
Sarah Gouzoules
Cooperation and Competition in Primate Social Interactions	636	(16)
Robert W. Sussman
Paul A. Garber
Social Learning in Monkeys and Apes: Cultural Animals?	652	(13)
Christine A. Caldwell
Andrew Whiten
Tool Use and Cognition in Primates	665	(12)
Melissa Panger
Primate Self-Medication	677	(14)
Michael A. Huffman
Ethnoprimatology: Contextualizing Human and Nonhuman Primate Interactions	691	(11)
Linda D. Wolfe
Agustin Fuentes
Where We Have Been, Where We Are, and Where We Are Going: The Future of Primatological Research	702	(5)
Christina J. Campbell
Agustin Fuentes
Katherine C. MacKinnon
Melissa Panger
Simon K. Bearder
Index	707