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Primate societies / edited by Barbara B. Smuts, Dorothy L. Cheney, Robert M. Seyfarth, Richard W. Washington, and Thomas T. Struhsaker with 46 contributors.
Veterinary: Atwood Library (Campus) QL737.P9 P6744 1987
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- Format:
- Book
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Primates--Behavior.
- Primates.
- Primates--Ecology.
- Animal societies.
- Social behavior in animals.
- Mammals--Behavior.
- Mammals.
- Mammals--Ecology.
- Animal behavior.
- Behavior, Animal.
- Social Behavior.
- primates (order).
- Medical Subjects:
- Behavior, Animal.
- Primates.
- Social Behavior.
- Physical Description:
- xi, 578 pages : illustrations ; 28 cm
- Place of Publication:
- Chicago : University of Chicago Press, 1987, c1986.
- Chicago : University of Chicago Press, [1987]
- Contents:
- The study of primate societies / Dorothy L. Cheney [and others]
- pt. 1. Evolution of diversity. Lorises, bushbabies, and tarsiers : diverse societies in solitary foragers / Simon K. Beader
- Malagasy prosimians : female dominance / Alison F. Richard
- Tamarins and marmosets : communal care of offspring / Anne Wilson Goldizen
- Monogamous cebids and their relatives : intergroup calls and spacing / John G. Robinson, Patricia C. Wright, and Warren G. Kinzey
- Howlers : variations in group size and demography / Carolyn M. Crockett and John F. Eisenberg
- Capuchins : squirrel monkeys, and atelines : socioecological convergence with old world primates / John G. Robinson and Charles H. Janson
- Colobines : infanticide by adult males / Thomas T. Struhsaker and Lysa Leland
- Forest guenons and Patas monkeys : male-male competition in one-male groups / Marina Cords
- Desert, forest, and montane baboons : multilevel societies / Edward Stammbach
- Cercopithecines in multimale groups : genetic diversity and population / Don J. Melnick and Mary C. Pearl
- Gibbons : territoriality and monogamy / Donna Robbins Leighton.
- Orangutans : sexual dimorphism in a solitary species / Peter S. Rodman and John C. Mitani
- Gorillas : variation in female relationships / Kelly J. Stewart and Alexander H. Harcourt
- Chimpanzees and bonobos : cooperative relationships among males / Toshisada Nishida and Mariko Hiraiwa-Hasegawa
- pt. 2. Socioecology. Life histories in comparative perspective / Paul H. Harvey, R.D. Martin, and T.H. Clutton-Brock
- Food distribution and foraging behavior / John F. Oates
- Interactions among primate species / Peter M. Waser
- Predation / Dorothy L. Cheney and Richard W. Wrangham
- Demography and reproduction / R.I.M. Dunbar
- Dispersal and philopatry / Anne E. Perry and Craig Packer
- Interactions and relationships between groups / Dorothy L. Cheney
- Evolution of social structure / Richard W. Wrangham.
- pt. 3. Group life. Kinship / Sarah Gouzoules and Harold Gouzoules
- Conflict and cooperation / Jeffrey R. Walters and Robert M. Seyfarth
- Social behavior in evolutionary perspective / Joan B. Silk
- Infants, mothers, and other females / Nancy A. Nicolson
- Infants and adult males / Patricia L. Whitten
- Transition to adulthood / Jeffrey R. Walters
- Patterning of sexual activity / Sarah Blaffer Hrdy and Patricia L. Whitten
- Sexual competition and male choice ; Gender, aggression, and influence / Barbara B. Smuts
- Can nonhuman primates help us understand human behavior? / Robert A. Hinde
- Dynamics of social relationships / Frans B.M. de Waal
- pt. 4. Communication and intelligence. Communication by sight and smell / Anne C. Zeller
- Vocal communication and its relation to language / Robert M. Seyfarth
- Intelligence and social cognition / Susan Essock-Vitale and Robert M. Seyfarth
- Local traditions and cultural transmission / Toshisada Nishida
- pt. 5. The future. Conservation of primates and their habitats / Russell A. Mittermeier and Dorothy L. Cheney
- Future of primate research / Dorothy L. Cheney [and others].
- Notes:
- Includes index.
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 511-564) and index.
- Other Format:
- Online version: Primate societies.
- ISBN:
- 0226767167
- 9780226767161
- 0226767159
- 9780226767154
- 9780226102405
- 0226102408
- 0226102416
- 9780226102412
- 9780226220468
- 022622046X
- OCLC:
- 13498408
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