Old World Monkeys

by Edited by Paul F. Whitehead , Clifford J. Jolly

• ISBN13: 9780521571241
• ISBN10: 0521571243
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2000-05-18
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press

Summary

Old World monkeys (Cercopithecoidea) are the most successful and diverse group of living non-human primates in terms of the number of species, behavioural repertoires and ecology. They have much to teach us about the processes of evolution and the principles of ecology, and are among our closest living relatives. This volume presents a broad, technical account of cercopithecoid biology including molecular, behavioural and morphological approaches to phylogeny, population structure, allometry, fossil history, functional morphology, ecology, cognitive capabilities, social behaviour and conservation. It will be the definitive reference on this group for professionals and graduate students in primatology, animal behaviour, paleontology, morphology, systematics and physical anthropology, but will also be useful to senior undergraduates.

Table of Contents

List of Contributors	vii
Preface	x
Old World monkeys: three decades of development and change in the study of the Cercopithecoidea	1	(28)
Clifford J. Jolly
Paul F. Whitehead
The molecular systematics of the Cercopithecidae	29	(28)
Todd R. Disotell
Molecular genetic variation and population structure in Papio baboons	57	(20)
Jeffrey Rogers
The phylogeny of the Cercopithecoidea	77	(22)
Colin P. Groves
Ontogeny of the nasal capsule in cercopithecoids: a contribution to the comparative and evolutionary morphology of catarrhines	99	(34)
Wolfgang Maier
Old World monkey origins and diversification: an evolutionary study of diet and dentition	133	(47)
Brenda R. Benefit
Geological context of fossil Cercopithecoidea from eastern Africa	180	(34)
Thomas Gundling
Andrew Hill
The oro-facial complex in macaques: tongue and jaw movements in feeding	214	(23)
Karen Hiiemae
Evolutionary morphology of the skull in Old World monkeys	237	(32)
Matthew J. Ravosa
Lorna P. Profant
Evolutionary endocrinology of the cercopithecoids	269	(29)
Patricia L. Whitten
Behavioral ecology and socioendocrinology of reproductive maturation in cercopithecine monkeys	298	(23)
Fred B. Bercovitch
Quantitative assessment of occlusal wear and age estimation in Ethiopian and Tanzanian baboons	321	(20)
Jane E. Phillips-Conroy
Thore Bergman
Clifford J. Jolly
Maternal investment throughout the life span in Old World monkeys	341	(27)
Lynn A. Fairbanks
Cognitive capacities of Old World monkeys based on studies of social behavior	368	(25)
Irwin S. Bernstein
The effects of predation and habitat quality on the socioecology of African monkeys: lessons from the islands of Bioko and Zanzibar	393	(38)
Thomas T. Struhsaker
The loud calls of black-and-white colobus monkeys: their adaptive and taxonomic significance in light of new data	431	(22)
John F. Oates
C.M. Bocian
C.J. Terranova
Agonistic and affiliative relationships in a blue monkey group	453	(27)
Marina Cords
Locomotor behavior in Ugandan monkeys	480	(16)
Daniel L. Gebo
Colin A. Chapman
The behavioral ecology of Asian colobines	496	(26)
Carey P. Yeager
Karen Kool
Index	522