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Primates in perspective
Publisher
Oxford University Press
Publication Date
2007
Language
English
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A brief history of primate field studies / Robert W. Sussman
Primate evolution / Walter Hartwig
The lorisiform primates of Asia and mainland Africa : diversity shrouded in darkness / Anna Nekaris and Simon K. Bearder
Lemuriformes / Lisa Gould and Michelle Sauther
Tarsiiformes / Sharon Gursky
Callitrichines : the role of competition in cooperatively breeding species / Leslie J. Digby, Stephen F. Ferrari and Wendy Saltzman
The cebines : toward an explanation of variable social structure / Katharine M. Jack
Sakis, uakaris, and titi monkeys : behavioral diversity in a radiation of primate seed predators / Marilyn A. Norconk
Aotinae : social monogamy in the only nocturnal haplorhines / Eduardo Fernandez-Duque
The atelines : variation in ecology, behavior, and social organization / Anthony Di Fiore and Christina J. Campbell
The Asian colobines : diversity among leaf-eating monkeys / R. Craig Kirkpatrick
African colobine monkeys : patterns of between-group interaction / Peter J. Fashing
The macaques : a double-layered social organization / Bernard Thierry
Baboons, mandrills, and mangabeys : Afro-papionin socioecology in a phylogenetic perspective / Clifford J. Jolly
The guenons (genus Cercopithecus) and their allies : behavioral ecology of polyspecific associations, Karin L. Enstam and Lynne A. Isbell
The Hylobatidae : small apes of Asia / Thad Q. Bartlett
Orangutans in perspective : forced copulations and female mating resistance / Cheryl D. Knott and Sonya M. Kahlenberg
Gorillas : diversity in ecology and behavior / Martha M. Robbins
Chimpanzees and bonobos : diversity within and between species / Rebecca Stumpf
Research questions / Elsworth Ray
Advances in the understanding of primate reproductive endocrinology / Bill L. Lasley and Anne Savage
Molecular primatology / Anthony Di Fiore and Pascal Gagneux
Life history / Steven R. Leigh and Gregory E. Blomquist
Primate growth and development : a functional and evolutionary approach / Debra Bolter and Adrienne Zihlman
Primate sexuality and reproduction / Christina J. Campbell
Reproductive cessation in female primates : comparisons of Japanese macaques and humans / Linda Marie Fedigan and Mary S.M. Pavelka
Mate choice / Joseph H. Manson
The new era of primate socioecology : ecology and intersexual conflict / Deborah Overdorff and Joyce Parga
Primate nutritional ecology : feeding biology and diet at ecological and evolutionary scales / Joanna E. Lambert
Conservation / Karen B. Strier
Primate seed dispersal : linking behavioral ecology with forest community structure / Colin A. Chapman and Sabrina E. Russo
Predation on primates : past studies, current challenges, and directions for the future / Lynne E. Miller and Adrian Treves
Primate locomotor behavior and ecology / Paul A. Garber
Social mechanisms in the control of primate aggression / Irwin S. Bernstein
Social beginnings : the tapestry of infant and adult interactions / Katherine C. MacKinnon
Postconflict reconciliation / Kate Arnold and Filippo Aureli
Social organization : social systems and the complexities in understanding the evolution of primate behavior / Agustín Fuentes
The conundrum of communication / Harold Gouzoules and Sarah Gouzoules
Cooperation and competition in primate social interactions / Robert W. Sussman and Paul A. Garber
Social learning in monkeys and apes : cultural animals? / Christine A. Caldwell and Andrew Whiten
Tool use and cognition in primates / Melissa Panger
Primate self-medication / Michael A. Huffman
Ethnoprimatology : contextualizing human and nonhuman primate interactions / Linda D. Wolfe and Agustín Fuentes
Where we have been, where we are, and where we are going : the future of primatological research / Christina J. Campbell ... [et al.].
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