Primate Behavioral Ecology

ISBN-13: 9780367222888 / Angielski / Miękka / 2021 / 594 str.

Karen B. Strier

Opis

This fully updated new edition brings exciting new methods, theoretical perspectives and discoveries together to provide an incomparable overview of the field of primate behavioral ecology and its applications to primate conservation. It is considered to be a "must read" for all students interested in primates.

Spis treści

1. Introduction to Primate Studies  2. Traits, Trends, and Taxonomy  3. Primates Past to Present  4. Evolution and Social Behavior  5. Evolution and Sex  6. Food and Foraging  7. Female Strategies  8. Male Strategies  9. Developmental Stages through the Life Span  10. Communication and Cognition  11. Community Ecology  12. Conservation

O autorze

Karen B. Strier is a Vilas Research Professor and the Irven DeVore Professor of Anthropology and an Affiliate Professor of Integrated Biology at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, where she has been teaching since 1989. Her main research interests are to understand the behavioral ecology of primates from a comparative perspective, and to contribute to conservation efforts on their behalf.