Description |
1 online resource (xv, 439 pages) : illustrations (some color), maps (some color) |
Series |
Primatology monographs, 2190-5967 |
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Primatology monographs.
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Contents |
How ecological conditions affect the abundance and social organization of folivorous monkeys / Colin A. Chapman, Tamaini V. Snaith, and Jan F. Gogarten -- Dusky dolphins : flexibility in foraging and social strategies / Bernd Würsig and Heidi C. Pearson -- Socioecological flexibility of gorillas and chimpanzees / Juichi Yamagiwa and Augustin Kanyunyi Basabose -- You are what you eat : foraging specializations and their influence on the social organization and behavior of killer whales / John K.B. Ford and Graeme M. Ellis -- Japanese macaques : habitat-driven divergence in social dynamics / Goro Hanya -- Shark Bay bottlenose dolphins : a case study for defining and measuring sociality / Margaret A. Stanton and Janet Mann -- Female coexistence and competition in ringtailed lemurs : a review of a long-term study at Berenty, Madagascar / Yukio Takahata, Naoki Koyama, Shinʼichiro Ichino, Naomi Miyamoto, Takayo Soma, and Masayuki Nakamichi -- Social structure and life history of bottlenose dolphins near Sarasota Bay, Florida : insights from four decades and five generations / Randall S. Wells -- Life history tactics in monkeys and apes : focus on female-dispersal species / Juichi Yamagiwa, Yukiko Shimooka, and David S. Sprague -- Social conflict management in primates : is there a case for dolphins? / Marina Cords and Janet Mann -- Evolution of small-group territoriality in gibbons / Warren Y. Brockelman, Anuttara Nathalang, David B. Greenberg, and Udomlux Suwanvecho -- Northern muriqui monkeys : behavior, demography, and conservation / Karen B. Strier -- Indo-Pacific humpback dolphins : a demographic perspective of a threatened species / Shiang-Lin Huang and Leszek Karczmarski -- Mountain gorillas : a shifting demographic landscape / Elizabeth A. Williamson -- Population genetics in the conservation of cetaceans and primates / Kimberly Andrews -- Eco-toxicants : a growing global threat / Victoria Tornero, Teresa J. Sylvina, Randall S. Wells, and Jatinder Singh -- Observing and quantifying cetacean behavior in the wild : current problems, limitations, and future directions / Janet Mann and Bernd Würsig -- Social network analysis : applications to primate and cetacean societies / Margaret A. Stanton and Janet Mann -- Social touch in apes and dolphins / Michio Nakamura and Mai Sakai -- Non-conceptive sexual interactions in monkeys, apes, and dolphins / Takeshi Furuichi, Richard Connor, and Chie Hashimoto -- A mix of species : associations of heterospecifics among primates and dolphins / Marina Cords and Bernd Würsig |
Summary |
In this book, the editors present a view of the socioecology of primates and cetaceans in a comparative perspective to elucidate the social evolution of highly intellectual mammals in terrestrial and aquatic environments. Despite obvious differences in morphology and eco-physiology, there are many cases of comparable, sometimes strikingly similar patterns of sociobehavioral complexity. A number of long-term field studies have accumulated a substantial amount of data on the life history of various taxa, foraging ecology, social and sexual relationships, demography, and various patterns of behavior: from dynamic fission-fusion to long-term stable societies; from male-bonded to bisexually-bonded to matrilineal groups. Primatologists and cetologists have come together to provide four evolutionary themes: (1) social complexity and behavioral plasticity, (2) life history strategies and social evolution, (3) the interface between behavior, demography, and conservation, and (4) selected topics in comparative behavior. These comparisons of taxa that are evolutionarily distant but live in comparable complex sociocognitive environments boost our appreciation of their sophisticated mammalian societies and can advance our understanding of the ecological factors that have shaped their social evolution. This knowledge also facilitates a better understanding of the day-to-day challenges these animals face in the human-dominated world and may improve the capacity and effectiveness of our conservation efforts |
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Animal behavior |
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Animal ecology |
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Evolution (Biology) |
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Life Sciences |
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Zoology |
Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
Notes |
Online resource; title from pdf information screen (Ebsco, viewed January 16, 2014) |
Subject |
Primates -- Behavior.
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Cetacea -- Behavior
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Primates -- Ecology
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Cetacea -- Ecology
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Animal societies.
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Social behavior in animals.
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Primates -- Conservation
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Cetacea -- Conservation
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NATURE -- Animals -- Mammals.
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SCIENCE -- Life Sciences -- Zoology -- Mammals.
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Animal societies
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Cetacea -- Behavior
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Cetacea -- Ecology
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Primates -- Behavior
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Primates -- Ecology
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Social behavior in animals
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Form |
Electronic book
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Author |
Yamagiwa, Juichi, 1952- editor.
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Karczmarski, Leszek, editor.
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ISBN |
9784431545231 |
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4431545239 |
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9784431545224 |
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4431545220 |
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