Primate Anti-Predator Strategies
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
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DEVELOPMENTS IN PRIMATOLOGY: PROGRESS AND PROSPECTS Series Editor: Russell H. Tuttle, University of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois This peer-reviewed book series melds the facts of organic diversity with the continuity of the evolutionary process. The volumes in this series exemplify the diversity of theoretical perspectives and methodological approaches currently employed by primatologists and physical anthropologists. Specific coverage includes: primate behavior in natural habitats and captive settings; primate ecology and conservation; functional morphology and developmental biology of primates; primate systematics; genetic and phenotypic differences among living primates; and paleoprimatology.
ANTHROPOID ORIGINS: NEW VISIONS Edited by Callum F. Ross and Richard F. Kay MODERN MORPHOMETRICS IN PHYSICAL ANTHROPLOGY Edited by Dennis E. Slice BEHAVIORAL FLEXIBILITY IN PRIMATES: CAUSES AND CONSEQUENCES By Clara B. Jones NURSERY REARING OF NONHUMAN PRIMATES IN THE 21ST CENTURY Edited by Gene P. Sackett, Gerald C. Ruppenthal and Kate Elias NEW PERSPECTIVES IN THE STUDY OF MESOAMERICAN PRIMATES: DISTRIBUTION, ECOLOGY, BEHAVIOR, AND CONSERVATION Edited by Paul Garber, Alejandro Estrada, Mary Pavelka and LeAndra Luecke HUMAN ORIGINS AND ENVIRONMENTAL BACKGROUNDS Edited by Hidemi Ishida, Martin Pickford, Naomichi Ogihara and Masato Nakatsukasa PRIMATE BIOGEOGRAPHY Edited by Shawn M. Lehman and John Fleagle REPRODUCTION AND FITNESS IN BABOONS: BEHAVIORAL, ECOLOGICAL, AND LIFE HISTORY PERSPECTIVES Edited By Larissa Swedell and Steven R. Leigh RINGAILED LEMUR BIOLOGY: LEMUR CATTA IN MADAGASCAR Edited by Alison Jolly, Robert W. Sussman, Naoki Koyama and Hantanirina Rasamimanana PRIMATE ORIGINS: ADAPTATIONS AND EVOLUTION Edited by Matthew J. Ravosa and Marian Dagosto LEMURS: ECOLOGY AND ADAPTATION Edited by Lisa Gould and Michelle L. Sauther PRIMATE ANTI-PREDATOR STRATEGIES Edited by Sharon L. Gursky and K.A.I. Nekaris
Primate Anti-Predator Strategies
Edited by
Sharon L. Gursky Texas A&M University College Station, TX, USA
and
K.A.I. Nekaris Oxford Brookes University Oxford, UK
Sharon L. Gursky Department of Anthropology Texas A&M University, College Station, TX 77843 USA [email protected]
K.A.I. Nekaris School of Social Sciences and Law Department of Anthropology Oxford Brookes University Oxford OX3 0PB UK [email protected]
Library of Congress Control Number: 2006926879 ISBN-10: 0-387-34807-7 ISBN-13: 978-0387-34807-0
e-ISBN-10: 0-387-34810-7 e-ISBN-13: 978-0-387-34810-0
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