Adaptive Radiations of Neotropical Primates
Springer-Verlag New York Inc.
978-1-4613-4686-9 (ISBN)
Section I. Problems of Platyrrhine Evolution.- 1. Molecules, Morphology, and Platyrrhine Systematics.- 2. Primates of the Atlantic Forest: Origin, Distributions, Endemism, and Communities.- 3. Primate Populations in Eastern Amazonia.- 4. Primates of Guayana Shield Forests: Venezuela and the Guianas.- Section II. On Cullitrichines.- Marmoset Misconceptions.- 5. The Other Side of Callitrichine Gummivory: Digestibility and Nutritional Value.- 6. Locomotion of Golden Lion Tamarins (Leontopithecus rosalia): The Effects of Foraging Adaptations and Substrate Characteristics on Locomotor behavior.- 7. Functional and Phylogenetic Implications of Ankle Morphology in Goeldi’s Monkey (Callimico goeldii).- 8. Ecology of the “Southern” Marmosets (Callithrix aurita and Callithrix flaviceps): How Different, How Similar?.- 9. Activity and Ranging Patterns in Common Marmosets (Callithrix jacchus): Implications for Reproductive Strategies.- 10. Parental Care Patterns and Vigilance in Wild Cotton-Top Tamarins (Saguinus oedipus).- 11. Testing Learning Paradigms in the Field: Evidence for Use of Spatial and Perceptual Information and Rule-Based Foraging in Wild Moustached Tamarins.- Section III. Critical Issues in Cebine Evolution and Behavior.- Critical Issues in Cebine Evolution and behavior.- 12. Species Definition and Differentiation as Seen in the Postcranial Skeleton of Cebus.- 13. Vocal Coordination of Troop Movement in Squirrel Monkeys (Saimiri oerstedi and S. sciureus) and White-Faced Capuchins (Cebus capucinus).- 14. The Behavioral Ecology of Wedge-Capped Capuchin Monkeys (Cebus olivaceus).- 15. See How They Grow: Tracking Capuchin Monkey (Cebus capucinus) Populations in a Regenerating Costa Rican Dry Forest.- 16. Toward an Experimental Socioecology of Primates: Examples fromArgentine Brown Capuchin Monkeys (Cebus apella nigritus).- Section IV.New Perspectives on the Pitheciines.- New Perspectives on the Pitheciines.- 17. The Evolution of Positional Behavior in the Saki-Uakaris (Pithecia, Chiropotes, and Cacajao).- 18. The Neotropical Primate Adaptation to Nocturnality: Feeding in the Night (Aotus nigriceps and A. azarae).- 19. Diet and Feeding Ecology of Masked Titis (Callicebus personatus).- 20. Seasonal Variation in the Diets of White-Faced and Bearded Sakis (Pithecia pithecia and Chiropotes satanas) in Guri Lake, Venezuela.- Section V. On Atelines.- On Atelines.- 21. Dental Microwear and Diet in a Wild Population of Mantled Howling Monkeys (Alouatta palliata).- 22. Seasonal Differences in Food Choice and Patch Preference of Long-Haired Spider Monkeys (Ateles belzebuth).- 23. Use of Space, Spatial Group Structure, and Foraging Group Size of Gray Woolly Monkeys (Lagothrix lagotricha cana) at Urucu, Brazil: A Review of the Atelinae.- 24. The Relation between Red Howler Monkey (Alouatta seniculus) Troop Size and Population Growth in Two Habitats.- 25. Reproductive Ecology of Female Muriquis (Brachy teles arachnoides).- Translations of Chapter Summaries.
Zusatzinfo | XIII, 555 p. |
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Verlagsort | New York, NY |
Sprache | englisch |
Maße | 170 x 244 mm |
Themenwelt | Geisteswissenschaften ► Archäologie |
Naturwissenschaften ► Biologie ► Evolution | |
Naturwissenschaften ► Biologie ► Ökologie / Naturschutz | |
Naturwissenschaften ► Biologie ► Zoologie | |
ISBN-10 | 1-4613-4686-X / 146134686X |
ISBN-13 | 978-1-4613-4686-9 / 9781461346869 |
Zustand | Neuware |
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