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All Apes Great and Small
Volume 1: African Apes
Av Birute Marija Filomena Galdikas, Myilibrary m. fl.
Inbunden, 2002
1643 kr
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Many of the papers in this volume were first presented at the Third International Great Apes of the World Conference, held July 3-6, 1998 in Kuching, Sarawak, Malaysia. The editors of this volume, the first in a two-volume series, are world renowned, having dedicated most of their lives to the …
Guenons: Diversity and Adaptation in African Monkeys
Av Mary E. Glenn, Marina Cords
Inbunden, 2003
2177 kr
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It has been twelve years since a work relating to the long-tailed African monkeys known as the guenons has been published and fifteen years have passed since the last major scientific symposium was held that was solely dedicated to current research on members of this monkey group living in the …
Comparative Vertebrate Cognition
Are Primates Superior to Non-Primates?
Av Lesley J. Rogers, Gisela Kaplan
Inbunden, 2003
1643 kr
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This book explores afresh the long-standing interest, and emphasis on, the `special' capacities of primates. Some of the recent discoveries of the higher cognitive abilities of other mammals and also birds challenge the concept that primates are special and even the view that the cognitive ability …
Animal Bodies, Human Minds: Ape, Dolphin, and Parrot Language Skills
Av W.A. Hillix, Duane Rumbaugh
Inbunden, 2003
2177 kr
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Several books chronicle attempts, most of them during the last 40 years, to teach animals to communicate with people in a human-designed language. These books have typically treated only one or two species, or even one or a few research projects. We have provided a more encompassing view of this …
Modern Morphometrics in Physical Anthropology
Inbunden, 2005
1098 kr
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Morphometrics has undergone a revolutionary transformation in the past two decades as new methods have been developed to address shortcomings in the traditional multivirate analysis of linear distances, angles, and indices. While there is much active research in the field, the new approaches to …
Behavioral Flexibility in Primates
Causes and Consequences
Av Clara Jones
Inbunden, 2005
1643 kr
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Numerous figures, illustrations, and tables; integration of new literature and concepts into field of primatology; emphasis upon both behavioral and cognitive mechanisms.
Nursery Rearing of Nonhuman Primates in the 21st Century
Av Gene P. Sackett, Gerald Ruppenthal m. fl.
Inbunden, 2005
2323 kr
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Nursery Rearing of Nonhuman Primates in the 21st Century describes how and why nursery rearing of primates can produce adaptable juveniles and adults for research, conservation, and display-educational purposes. The volume details the history of nursery rearing since the mid-19th century, the …
New Perspectives in the Study of Mesoamerican Primates
Distribution, Ecology, Behavior, and Conservation
Av Alejandro Estrada, Paul A. Garber m. fl.
Inbunden, 2005
2188 kr
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The purpose of this volume is to present a comprehensive overview of recent advances in primate field research, ecology, and conservation biology in Mesoamerica. The overall goal of each contribution is to integrate newly collected field data with theoretical perspectives drawn from evolutionary …
Human Origins and Environmental Backgrounds
Av Hidemi Ishida, Russell Tuttle m. fl.
Inbunden, 2006
2188 kr
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Advances in fossil studies relating to the origin of Homo sapiens have strengthened the hypothesis that our direct ancestors originated on the African continent. Most researchers also agree that the time when prehumans diverged from the last common ancestor was in the early part of the Late Miocene …
Primate Biogeography
Progress and Prospects
Av Shawn M. Lehman, John G Fleagle
Inbunden, 2006
1098 kr
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Biogeography is a vital component in many aspects of Primatology, including studies of evolution, speciation systematics, population genetics, and community ecology. Despite its integral position in studies of primate evolution and ecology and the broad representation of research on this subject in …
Primate Origins: Adaptations and Evolution
Av Matthew J. Ravosa, Marian Dagosto
Inbunden, 2006
2188 kr
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This book provides a novel focus on adaptive explanations for cranial and postcranial features and functional complexes, socioecological systems, life history patterns, etc. in early primates. It further offers a detailed rendering of the phylogenetic affinities of such basal taxa to later primate …
Reproduction and Fitness in Baboons: Behavioral, Ecological, and Life History Perspectives
Av Larissa Swedell, Steven R. Leigh
Inbunden, 2006
2253 kr
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The editors will address the questions of life history and reproduction by attempting to isolate the various components of reproductive success and fitness in baboons. This requires assembling research interests in morphology, behavior, ecology, and endocrinology of the five subspecies of Papio …
Primates of Western Uganda
Av Nicholas E. Newton-Fisher, Hugh Notman m. fl.
Inbunden, 2006
2733 kr
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From galagos to gorillas, the primates of western Uganda comprise a very di verse collection of species. Western Uganda has a long history of primatological research extending back to the publications of the Uganda Virus Institute in 1947 and even to the notable first encounters of Count Beringe …
Ringtailed Lemur Biology
Lemur catta in Madagascar
Av Alison Jolly, Robert W. Sussman m. fl.
Inbunden, 2006
1643 kr
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This book is a truly international collaboration, with editors based on four con- nents and first authors from Canada, France, Japan, Madagascar, the United Kingdom, and the United States. Clearly, there is something attractive about studying Lemur catta, the ringtailed lemur. Perhaps it is the …
Lemurs
Ecology and Adaptation
Inbunden, 2006
2188 kr
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Lemurs: Ecology and Adaptation brings together information from recent research, and provides new insight into the study of lemur origins, and the ecology and adaptation of both extant and recently extinct lemurs. In addition, it addresses issues of primate behavioral ecology and how environment …
Primate Anti-Predator Strategies
Av Sharon Gursky-Doyen, K.A.I. Nekaris
Inbunden, 2006
3061 kr
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Since the 1960s, primatologists have recognized the impact of predation on the evolution of morphology, the social systems and cognitive behavior of monkeys and apes, but few studies considered its impact on the prosimians - lemurs, lorises, galagos and tarsiers. This comprehensive volume, written …
Conservation in the 21st Century: Gorillas as a Case Study
Av T.S. Stoinski, H. D. Steklis m. fl.
Inbunden, 2007
1643 kr
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Like other fields of science, wildlife conservation is a changing field. Threats facing wild populations of apes and other species, say 20 years ago, are likely not the same ones most pressing today, and even where threats have remained unchanged, more effective means of addressing them may be …
Elwyn Simons: A Search for Origins
Av John G Fleagle, Christopher C. Gilbert
Inbunden, 2007
1643 kr
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Elwyn Simons has held professional appointments at Yale University (1960-1977), Duke University (1977-present), and was the Director of the Duke Primate Center (1977-1991) and Scientific Director (1991-2001). He has authored nearly 300 scientific publications and is the holder of many high honors. …
Bonobos
Behavior, Ecology, and Conservation
Av Takeshi Furuichi, Jo Thompson
Inbunden, 2008
1744 kr
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Among all great ape species, the bonobo is still the least studied in both captivity and the wild. Nevertheless we have observed a considerable increase in knowledge across various fields of bonobo research in recent years. In part due to the ongoing peace process in the Democratic Republic of …
Baboon in Biomedical Research
Av John L. VandeBerg, Sarah Williams-Blangero m. fl.
Inbunden, 2008
1692 kr
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Nonhuman primates have played critical roles in biomedical research, and they are among the few animals whose use in research continues to increase. The scienti?c value of nonhuman primates derives from their close phylogenetic proximity to man and their consequent anatomic, physiologic, and …
Primate Craniofacial Function and Biology
Av Chris Vinyard, Matthew J. Ravosa m. fl.
Inbunden, 2008
2188 kr
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Primate Craniofacial Function and Biology is an integrative volume with broad coverage of current research on primate craniofacial biology and function. Topic headings include: the mammalian perspective on primate craniofacial form and function, allometric and comparative morphological studies of …
South American Primates
Comparative Perspectives in the Study of Behavior, Ecology, and Conservation
Av Paul A. Garber, Alejandro Estrada m. fl.
Inbunden, 2008
2733 kr
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This will be the first time a volume will be compiled focusing on South American monkeys as models to address and test critical issues in the study of nonhuman primates. In addition, the volume will serve an important compliment to the book on Mesoamerican primates recently published in the series …
Gibbons
New Perspectives on Small Ape Socioecology and Population Biology
Av Susan Lappan, Danielle Whittaker
Inbunden, 2009
3279 kr
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It is a great honor to be asked to introduce this exciting new volume, having been heavily involved in the first comprehensive synthesis in the early 1980s. Gibbons are the most enthralling of primates. On the one hand, they are the most appealing animals, with their upright posture and body shape, …
E.O. Wilson and B.F. Skinner
A Dialogue Between Sociobiology and Radical Behaviorism
Av Paul Naour
Inbunden, 2009
2406 kr
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Reviewers have characterized Paul Naour's A Dialogue Between Sociobiology and Radical Behaviorism, which includes brief introductions by E.O. Wilson and B.F. Skinner's elder daughter, Julie Vargus, as an idea book. The work will undoubtedly have a significant academic market and provide students …
Smallest Anthropoids
The Marmoset/Callimico Radiation
Av Susan M. Ford, Leila M. Porter m. fl.
Inbunden, 2009
2188 kr
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The marmosets and callimicos are diminutive monkeys from the Amazon basin and Atlantic Coastal Forest of South America. The marmosets are the smallest anthropoid primates in the world, ranging in size from approximately 100 to 350 g (Hershkovitz 1977; Soini 1988; Ford and Davis 1992; Araujo et al. …
Primate Locomotion
Linking Field and Laboratory Research
Av Kristiaan D'Août, Evie E. Vereecke
Inbunden, 2010
1643 kr
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Primate locomotion has typically been studied from two points of view. Laboratory-based researchers have focused on aspects like biomechanics and energetics, whereas field-based researchers have focused on (locomotor) behaviour and ecology. Unfortunately, to date, there is relatively little …
Indonesian Primates
Av Sharon Gursky-Doyen, Jatna Supriatna
Inbunden, 2010
2733 kr
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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 …
Primates of Western Uganda
Av Nicholas E. Newton-Fisher, Hugh Notman m. fl.
Häftad, 2010
2733 kr
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From galagos to gorillas, the primates of western Uganda comprise a very di verse collection of species. Western Uganda has a long history of primatological research extending back to the publications of the Uganda Virus Institute in 1947 and even to the notable first encounters of Count Beringe …
Elwyn Simons: A Search for Origins
Av John G Fleagle, Christopher C. Gilbert
Häftad, 2010
1643 kr
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Elwyn Simons has held professional appointments at Yale University (1960-1977), Duke University (1977-present), and was the Director of the Duke Primate Center (1977-1991) and Scientific Director (1991-2001). He has authored nearly 300 scientific publications and is the holder of many high honors. …
Bonobos
Behavior, Ecology, and Conservation
Av Takeshi Furuichi, Jo Thompson
Häftad, 2010
1643 kr
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Among all great ape species, the bonobo is still the least studied in both captivity and the wild. Nevertheless we have observed a considerable increase in knowledge across various fields of bonobo research in recent years. In part due to the ongoing peace process in the Democratic Republic of …
