Research Catalog

Title

Primate behavioral ecology / Karen B. Strier.

Author

Strier, Karen B.

Publication

Boston : Allyn and Bacon, ©2003.

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Details

Description

ix, 422 pages : illustrations, maps; 24 cm

Subject

• Primates > Behavior
• Primates > Ecology
• Primates
• Animal behavior
• Ecology
• Primates
• Behavior, Animal
• Ecology
• Primates (order)
• ecology
• Animal behavior
• Primates > Behavior
• Primates > Ecology
• Primaten
• Öko-Ethologie

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references (p. 363-403) and index.

Contents

1. Introduction to Primate Studies -- Primates as Study Subjects -- Descriptive Studies -- Evolutionary Models and Problem-Oriented Studies -- Conservation Applications -- 2. Traits, Trends, and Taxonomy -- Distinguishing Traits -- Cladistic Analyses -- Phylogenetic Analyses of Behavior -- 3. Primates Past to Present -- Evolutionary History -- Primate Diversity in the Past -- Interpreting Diversity Today -- 4. Evolution and Social Behavior -- Natural Selection -- Kin Selection and Reciprocal Altruism -- Individual Strategies and Social Organizations -- 5. Evolution and Sex -- Sexual Selection -- Sexual Dimorphism -- Mating Patterns -- Female Mating Strategies -- Male Rank and Reproductive Success -- 6. Food and Females -- Food Quality -- The Spatial Distribution of Food -- The Temporal Availability of Food Resources -- Interpreting Diets and Their Behavioral Correlates -- 7. Female Strategies -- Ecology of Female Relationships -- Social Dynamics in Female Groups -- Population Consequences of Female Strategies -- 8. Male Strategies -- Ecology of Male Relationships -- Social Dynamics among Males -- Population Dynamics -- 9. Developmental Stages Through the Life Cycle -- Fertilization to Birth -- Infancy -- Weaning Conflict -- Juvenile Challenges -- Puberty -- Adulthood and Aging -- Population Consequences of Life Histories -- 10. Communication and Cognition -- Components of Communication Systems -- Modes of Primate Communication -- Cognition -- Implications for the Ethical Treatment of Primates -- 11. Community Ecology -- Primate Communities -- Predator-Prey Interactions -- Primate-Plant Interactions -- Conservation of Communities -- 12. Conservation -- Threats to Primates -- Conservation Policies -- Noninvasive Research -- The Next Millennium.

ISBN

• 0205352367
• 9780205352364

LCCN

2002511454

OCLC

• ocm50208989
• 50208989
• SCSB-1381160

Owning Institutions

Princeton University Library