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100 1 $aStrier, Karen B.
245 10 $aPrimate behavioral ecology /$cKaren B. Strier.
250 $a4th ed.
260 $aUpper Saddle River, N.J. :$bPrentice Hall,$cc2011.
300 $axi, 396 p. :$bill., maps ;$c26 cm.
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
505 0 $a1. Introduction to primate studies -- Primates as study subjects -- Descriptive studies -- Anthropocentric perspectives -- Comparative biology -- Early classification schemes -- Clues from captivity -- Evolutionary models and problem-oriented studies -- Sociobiology and behavioral ecology -- Testing predictions about behavioral adaptations -- Conservation applications -- 2. Traits, trends, and taxonomy -- The notable neocortex -- Distinguishing traits -- Allometric scaling of brain and body size -- Other morphological traits -- Systematics -- Taxonomic considerations -- Major taxonomic groups -- Fundamentals of food processing -- Cladistic analysis -- Phylogenetic analyses of behavior -- Evidence related to diet -- Evidence related to ranging patterns -- Evidence related to mating systems -- Evidence related to dispersal patterns -- 3. Primates past to present -- Evolutionary history -- Primate diversity in the past -- Primate origins -- Biogeography and barriers -- Miocene monkeys and apes -- Pliocene highlights -- Mosaic nature of human evolution -- Pleistocene glaciations -- Holocene -- Interpreting diversity today -- Intraspecific variation -- Local population variability -- Hybrid baboons -- Lucky lemurs -- Implications for primate behavioral ecology -- 4. Evolution and social behavior -- Natural selection -- Sources of genetic variation -- MHC genes and mate choice -- Genetic versus environmental influences -- Menopause -- Kin selection and reciprocal altruism -- Altruism and the challenge of group selection -- Selfish benefits of helping kin -- Multilevel selection -- Benefits of helping nonkin -- Individual strategies and social organizations -- Conflict and cooperation among same-sexed individuals -- Conflicts between the sexes.
505 0 $a5. Evolution and sex -- Sexual selection -- Sexual dimorphism -- Phylogenetic constraints -- Ecological constraints -- Mating patterns -- Mating patterns when females are solitary -- Gibbon games and tarsier tactics -- Mating patterns when females live in groups -- Female mating strategies -- Sperm and fertilization -- Food and safety from predators -- Allies against aggression -- Parental investment -- Good genes -- Sexual signals -- Male rank and reproductive success -- 6. Food, foraging, and females -- Food quality -- Energy and nutrients -- Digestibility and edibility -- Body size energetics and turnover rates -- Forest pharmacy -- Reproductive energetics -- The spatial distribution of food -- Patch size and defensibility -- Effects of patch density on ranging patterns -- The temporal availability of food resources -- Behavioral adjustments to food seasonality -- Interpreting diets and their behavioral correlates -- Evaluating "critical functions" -- Effects of altered habitats -- 7. Female strategies -- Ecology of female relationships -- Types of relationships -- Within- and between-group competition -- Social dynamics in female groups -- Matrilocal societies -- Mysterious matrilines and market theory -- Life without kin -- Population consequences of female strategies -- Habitat fragmentation and saturation -- Reproductive implications -- Manipulating sex ratios -- 8. Male strategies -- Ecology of male relationships -- Types of relationships -- Using and misusing infants -- Within- and between-group competition -- Social dynamics among males -- Patrilocal societies -- When males disperse -- Beyond the group -- Males in pair-bonded societies -- Population dynamics -- Genetic and demographic correlates -- Male life histories.
505 0 $a9. Developmental stages through the life span -- Fertilization to birth -- Infancy -- Maternal care -- Paternal care -- Alloparental care -- Parental prolactin -- Weaning conflict -- Juvenile challenges -- Staying alive -- Social skills -- Puberty -- Adulthood and aging -- Population consequences of life histories -- The legacy of life histories -- 10. Communication and cognition -- Components of communication systems -- Modes of primate communication -- Tactile communication -- Visual communication -- Olfactory and gustatory communication -- Vocal communication -- Cognition -- Learning and imitation -- Ecological intelligence -- Social intelligence -- Implications for the ethical treatment of primates -- Rehabilitation, reintroduction, and sanctuary -- 11. Community ecology -- Primate communities -- Primates and parasites -- Niche divergence -- Polyspecific associations -- Predator-prey interactions -- Predatory perspectives -- Primates as predators -- Primates as prey -- Primate-plant interactions -- Pollination -- Seed dispersal and seed predation -- Conservation of communities -- Specialists, generalists, and social responses -- Preserving diversity -- 12. Conservation -- Threats to primates -- Habitat disturbances -- Hunting pressures -- Disease -- Conservation policies -- Economic incentives -- Increasing public awareness -- Nongovernmental organizations -- The primates' people -- Noninvasive research -- Reproductive biology -- From paternity to population genetics -- The next millennium -- Appendix: Primate names.
650 0 $aPrimates$xBehavior.
650 0 $aPrimates$xEcology.
650 2 $aPrimates.
650 2 $aBehavior, Animal.
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