Indonesian Primates

by Gursky-doyen, Sharon; Supriatna, Jatna

• ISBN13: 9781441915597
• ISBN10: 1441915591
• Edition: 1st
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2010-01-12
• Publisher: Springer Verlag

Summary

Indonesia possesses the second largest primate population in the world, with over 33 different primate species. Although Brazil possesses more primate species, Indonesia outranks it in terms of its diversity of primates, ranging from prosimians (slow lorises and tarsiers), to a multitude of Old World Monkey species (macaques, langurs, proboscis moneys) to lesser apes (siamangs, gibbons) and great apes (orangutans). The primates of Indonesia are distributed throughout the archipelago. Partly in response to the number of primates distributed throughout the Indonesian archipelago, Indonesia is classified as the home of two biodiversity hotspots (Wallacea and Sundaland). In order to be classified as a hotspot, an area must have a large proportion of endemic species coupled with a high degree of threat including having lost more than 70% of its original habitat. Two areas within Indonesia meet these criteria. The tremendous diversity of primates in Indonesia, in conjunction with the conservation issues facing the primates of this region, created a need for this volume.

Author Biography

Sharon Gursky-Doyen is an associate professor of anthropology at Texas AM University. She received her BA from Hartwick College, her MS from the University of New Mexico, and her Ph.D. from the State University of New York at Stony Brook. She has been studying Sulawesi tarsiers since 1994. Her present research is centered on understanding the effects of altitude on the recently re-discovered pygmy tarsiers. She is the author of numerous scientific publications including The Spectral Tarsier, (Prentice Hall 2007); Primate Anti-Predator Strategies (coedited with Anna Nekaris, Springer 2007) as well as Trasiers: Past, Present and Future (co-edited with Patricia Wright and Elwyn Simons, Rutgers University Press, 2003). Jatna Supriatna received his BS in Biology at Universitas Nasional Jakarta, and M.S. and Ph.D. from the University of New Mexico USA in 1991. He has worked for Conservation International and has served as the Vice President for Conservation International Indonesia. He is also Senior Lecturer at the Dept of Biology University of Indonesia. In 2009, he received a Science Award also known as the Habibie Award from former Indonesian President B.J. Habibie. He is also co-chair of IUCN-SSC-Primate Specialist Group for Southeast Asia and President of Southeast Asia Primatologists Association since 2006. He is co-editor of Asian Primate Journal. He has published 8 books on Indonesian Biodiversity and more than 90 articles in international journals. His book include: Panduan Lapangan Primata Indonesia (Field Guide of Indonesia Primates), Conservation Biology, and Saving Indonesia's Nature. The latter two books are among the bestselling environment books in Indonesia.

Table of Contents

Introduction	p. 1
Indonesia's Apes
Measuring Performance of Orangutan Protection and Monitoring Unit: Implications for Species Conservation	p. 9
Communication, Culture and Conservation in Orangutans	p. 23
The Natural History of Sumatran Orangutan (Pongo abelii)	p. 41
Javan Gibbon (Hylobates moloch): Population and Conservation	p. 57
Siamang Socioecology in Spatiptemporally Heterogenous Landscapes: Do “Typical” Groups Exist?	p. 73
Impact of Forest Fragmentation on Ranging and Home Range of Siamang (Symphalangus syndactylus) and Agile Gibbons (Hylobates agilis)	p. 97
Behavioural Ecology of Gibbons (Hylobates albibarbis) in a Degraded Peat-Swamp Forest	p. 121
Effect of Habitat Quality on Primate Populations in Kalimantan: Gibbons and Leaf Monkeys as Case Studies	p. 157
Indonesia's Monkeys
Predator Recognition in the Absence of Selection	p. 181
The Relationship Between Nonhuman Primate Densities and Vegetation on the Pagai, Mentawai Islands, Indonesia	p. 199
Proboscis Monkey (Nasalis larvatus): Bio-ecology and Conservation	p. 217
Pests, Pestilence, and People: The Long-Tailed Macaque and Its Role in the Cultural Complexities of Bali	p. 235
The Not-So-Sacred Monkeys of Bali: A Radiographic Study of Human-Primate Commensalism	p. 249
Male-Male Affiliation in Sulawesi Tonkean Macaques	p. 257
Ecology and Conservation of the Hose's Langur Group (Colobinae: Presbytis hosei, P. canicrus, P. sabana): A Review	p. 269
Thomas Langurs: Ecology, Sexual Conflict and Social Dynamics	p. 285
Dominance and Reciprocity in the Grooming Relationships of Female Long-Tailed Macaques (Macaca fascicularis) in Indonesia	p. 309
Selamatkan Yaki! Conservation of Sulawesi Crested Black Macaques Macaca nigra	p. 343
Indonesia's Prosimians
The Function of Scentmarking in Spectral Tarsiers	p. 359
The Population Ecology of Dian's Tarsier	p. 371
Using Facial Markings to Unmask Diversity: The Slow Lorises (Primates: Lorisidae: Nycticebus spp.) of Indonesia	p. 383
Conclusions	p. 397
Index	p. 401
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