Field and Laboratory Methods in Primatology (eBook, ePUB)

A Practical Guide
Redaktion: Setchell, Joanna M.

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

Building on the success of the first edition and bringing together contributions from a range of experts in the field, the second edition of this guide to research on wild primates covers the latest advances in the field, including new information on field experiments and measuring behaviour. It provides essential information and advice on the technical and practical aspects of both field and laboratory methods, covering topics such as ethnoprimatology; remote sensing; GPS and radio-tracking; trapping and handling; dietary ecology; and non-invasive genetics and endocrinology. This integrated approach opens up new opportunities to study the behavioural ecology of some of the most endangered primates and to collect information on previously studied populations. Chapters include methodological techniques; instructions on collecting, processing and preserving samples/data for later analysis; ethical considerations; comparative costs; and further reading, making this an invaluable tool for postgraduate students and researchers in primatology, behavioural ecology and zoology.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Erscheinungstermin: 3. Februar 2011
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9780511994180
• Artikelnr.: 52836365

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction Deborah J. Curtis, Joanna M. Setchell and Maurico Talebi; 1.
Human-nonhuman primate interactions: an ethnoprimatological approach Lisa
Jones-Engel, Gregory A. Engel and Agustin Fuentes; 2. Habituating primates:
processes, techniques, variables and ethics Elizabeth A. Williamson and
Anna T. C. Feistner; 3. Habitat description and phenology Jörg U. Ganzhorn,
S. Jacques Rakotondranary and Yedidya R. Ratovonamana; 4. Geographic
information systems and remote sensing Patrick E. Osborne and Louise Glew;
5. Monitoring local weather and climate Julian C. Mayes and Nicholas Pepin;
6. Survey and census methods: population distribution and density Caroline
Ross and Nigel Reeve; 7. Trapping Clifford J. Jolly, Jane E.
Phillips-Conroy and Alexandra E. Müller; 8. Handling, anaesthesia, health
evaluation and biological sampling Steve Unwin, Marc Ancrenaz and Wendi
Bailey; 9. Morphology, morphometrics and taxonomy Colin Groves and Joanne
Harding; 10. Marking and radio-tracking Paul E. Honess and David W.
Macdonald; 11. Field experiments with non-human primates: a tutorial Klaus
Zuberbühler and Roman Wittig; 12. Feeding ecology, frugivory and seed
dispersal J. Lawrence Dew; 13. Dietary analysis I: food physics Peter W.
Lucas, Daniel Osorio, Nayuta Yamashita, Jonathan F. Prinz, Nathaniel J.
Dominy and Brian W. Darvell; 14. Dietary analysis II: food chemistry Peter
W. Lucas, Richard T. Corlett, Nathaniel J. Dominy, Hafejee C. Essackjee,
Pablo Riba-Hernandez, Lawrence Ramsden, Kathryn E. Stoner and Nayuta
Yamashita; 15. Collecting arthropods and arthropod remains for primate
studies Claire M. P. Ozanne, James R. Bell and Daniel G. Weaver; 16.
Tape-recording primate vocalisations Thomas Geissmann and Stuart Parsons;
17. Photography and video for field researchers Noel Rowe and Marc Myers;
18. Chronobiological aspects of primate research Hans G. Erkert; 19.
Thermoregulation and energetics Jutta Schmid; 20. Field endocrinology:
monitoring hormonal changes in free-ranging primates J. Keith Hodges and
Michael Heistermann; 21. Collection, storage and analysis of non-invasive
genetic material in primate biology Benoît Goossens, Nicola Anthony,
Kathryn Jeffery, Mireille Johnson-Bawe and Michael W. Bruford; 22. Tips
from the bush: an A-Z of suggestions for successful fieldwork Simon K.
Bearder, K. Anna, I. Nekaris and Julia N. Lloyd; Index.