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Title Primate anti-predator strategies / edited by Sharon L. Gursky and K.A.I. Nekaris
Published New York, NY : Springer, ©2007

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Description 1 online resource (xxiii, 393 pages) : illustrations
Series Developments in primatology
Developments in primatology.
Contents Predation theory -- Predation and primate cognitive evolution / Klaus Zuberbühler -- Predation on primates : a biogeographical analysis / D. Hart -- Anti-predator strategies of nocturnal primates -- Primates and other prey in the seasonally variable diet of Cryptoprocta ferox in the dry deciduous forest of western Madagascar / Luke Dollar, Jörg U. Ganzhorn, and Steven M. Goodman -- Predation on lemurs in the rainforest of Madagascar by multiple predator species : observations and experiments / Sarah M. Karpanty and Patricia C. Wright -- Predation, communication, and cognition in lemurs / Marina Scheumann, Andriatahiana Rabesandratana, and Elke Zimmermann -- A consideration of leaping locomotion as a means of predator avoidance in prosimian primates / Robin Huw Crompton and William Irvin Sellers
Anti-predator strategies of cathemeral primates : dealing with predators of the day and the night / Ian C. Colquhoun -- Moonlight and behavior in nocturnal and cathemeral primates, especially Lepilemur leucopus : illuminating possible anti-predator efforts / Leanne T. Nash -- A comparison of calling patterns in two nocturnal primates, Otolemur crassicaudatus and Galago moholi, as a guide to predation risk / Simon K. Bearder -- Predator defense by slender lorises and pottos / K. Anne-Isola Nekaris, Elizabeth R. Pimley, and Kelly M. Ablard -- The response of spectral tarsiers toward avian and terrestrial predators / Sharon L. Gursky -- Talking defensively, a dual use for the brachial gland exudate of slow and pygmy lorises / Lee R. Hagey, Bryan G. Fry, and Helena Fitch-Snyder
Anti-predator strategies of non-nocturnal primates -- Anti-predator strategies in a diurnal prosimian, the ring-tailed lemur (Lemur catta), at the Beza Mahafaly Special Reserve, Madagascar / Lisa Gould and Michelle L. Sauther -- Howler monkeys and harpy eagles : a communication arms race / Ricardo Gil-da-Costa -- Effects of habitat structure on perceived risk of predation and anti-predator behavior of vervet (Cercopithecus aethiops) and patas (Erythrocebus patas) monkeys / Karin L. Enstam -- Predation risk and habitat use in chacma baboons (Papio hamadryas ursinus) / Russell A. Hill and Tony Weingrill -- Reconstructing hominin interactions with mammalian carnivores (6.0-1.8 Ma) / Adrian Treves and Paul Palmqvist
Summary 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 and tarsiers. This comprehensive volume, written by experts in the field, narrows this gap by highlighting the effect of predation on the order Primates in general. Theoretical approaches to understanding how primates perceive predation threat, as well as proximate and ultimate causes to address threat and attack, are considered across the primate order. Although this volume concentrates on the least known group in this theoretical area - the prosimians - contributions by researchers on numerous primate taxa across four major geographical regions make this a novel and exciting contribution to students interested in primate evolution and ecology
Analysis antropologie
anthropology
ontogenie
ontogeny
ecologie
ecology
zoology
levenswetenschappen
life sciences
gedragswetenschappen
behavioural sciences
Biology (General)
Biologie (algemeen)
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
Notes Print version record
In Springer e-books
Subject Prosimians -- Effect of predation on
Patas monkey -- Effect of predation on
Howler monkeys -- Effect of predation on
Cercopithecus aethiops -- Effect of predation on
Chacma baboon -- Effect of predation on
Predation (Biology)
Primates -- Defenses
Primates -- Behavior.
Animal defenses.
Primates -- Behavior -- Evolution
Social behavior in animals.
Chacma baboon.
Primates.
Patas monkey.
Prosimians.
Howler monkeys.
Adaptation (Biology)
Animal behavior.
Escape (Psychology)
Papio ursinus
Primates
Erythrocebus patas
Strepsirhini
Alouatta
Adaptation, Biological
Behavior, Animal
Escape Reaction
Predatory Behavior
Primates (order)
SCIENCE -- Life Sciences -- Zoology -- Primatology.
Biomédecine.
Sciences de la vie.
Prosimians
Primates
Patas monkey
Howler monkeys
Escape (Psychology)
Chacma baboon
Animal behavior
Adaptation (Biology)
Animal defenses
Predation (Biology)
Primates -- Behavior
Primates -- Behavior -- Evolution
Social behavior in animals
Form Electronic book
Author Gursky-Doyen, Sharon, 1967-
Nekaris, K. A. I. (Kimberly Anne-Isola)
LC no. 2006926879
ISBN 9780387348100
0387348107
0387348077
9780387348070
6610901392
9786610901395