Old World Monkeys (eBook, PDF)

Redaktion: Whitehead, Paul F.

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Produktbeschreibung

Old World monkeys (Cercopithecoidea) are the most successful and diverse group of living non-human primates in terms of the number of species, behavioural repertoires and ecology. They have much to teach us about the processes of evolution and the principles of ecology, and are among our closest living relatives. This volume presents a broad, technical account of cercopithecoid biology including molecular, behavioural and morphological approaches to phylogeny, population structure, allometry, fossil history, functional morphology, ecology, cognitive capabilities, social behaviour and conservation. It will be the definitive reference on this group for professionals and graduate students in primatology, animal behaviour, paleontology, morphology, systematics and physical anthropology, but will also be useful to senior undergraduates.

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• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Erscheinungstermin: 4. Mai 2000
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9780511402777
• Artikelnr.: 38189432

Inhaltsangabe

List of contributors; Preface; 1. Old World monkeys: three decades of
development and change in the study of the Cercopithecoidea Clifford J.
Jolly and Paul F. Whitehead; 2. The molecular systematics of the
Cercopithecoidae Todd R. Disotell; 3. Molecular genetic variation and
population structure in Papio baboons Jeffrey Rogers; 4. The phylogeny of
the Cercopithecoidea Colin P. Groves; 5. Ontogeny of the nasal capsule in
cercopithecoids: a contribution to the comparative and evolutionary
morphology of catarrhines Wolfgang Maier; 6. Old World monkey origins and
diversification: an evolutionary study of diet and dentition Brenda R.
Benefit; 7. Geological context of fossil Cercopithecoidea from eastern
Africa Thomas Gundling and Andrew Hill; 8. The oro-facial complex in
macaques: tongue and jaw movements in feeding Karen Hiiemae; 9.
Evolutionary morphology of the skull in Old World monkeys Matthew J. Ravosa
and Lorna P. Profant; 10. Evolutionary endocrinology of the cercopithecoids
Patricia L. Whitten; 11. Behavioral ecology and socioendocrinology of
reproductive maturation in cercopithecine monkeys Fred B. Bercovitch; 12.
Quantitative assessment of occlusal wear and age estimation in Ethiopian
and Tanzanian baboons Jane E. Phillips-Conroy, Thore Bergman and Clifford
J. Jolly; 13. Maternal investment throughout the life span in Old World
monkeys Lynn A. Fairbanks; 14. Cognitive capacities of Old World monkeys
based on studies of social behavior Irwin S. Bernstein; 15. The effects of
predation and habitat quality on the socioecology of African monkeys:
lessons from the islands of Bioko and Zanzibar Thomas T. Struhsaker; 16.
The loud calls of black-and-white colobus monkeys: their adaptive and
taxonomic significance in light of new data John F. Oates, C. M. Bocian and
C. J. Terranova; 17. Agonistic and affiliative relationships in a blue
monkey group Marina Cords; 18. Locomotor behavior in Ugandan monkeys Daniel
L. Gebo and Colin A. Chapman; 19. The behavioral ecology of Asian colobines
Carey P. Yeager and Karen Kool; Index.