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The behavioral ecology of callimicos and tamarins in northwestern Bolivia / Leila M. Porter.
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Porter, Leila M.
- Series:
- Primate field studies
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Callimico--Behavior--Bolivia.
- Callimico.
- Callimico--Behavior.
- Tamarins.
- Ecology.
- Bolivia.
- Tamarins--Behavior--Bolivia.
- Tamarins--Behavior.
- Callimico--Ecology--Bolivia.
- Tamarins--Ecology--Bolivia.
- Physical Description:
- xix, 172 pages : illustrations, maps ; 23 cm.
- Place of Publication:
- Upper Saddle River, N.J. : Pearson/Prentice Hall, [2007]
- Summary:
- . Part of Prentice Hall' s Primate Field Studies series.& The& Behavioral Ecology of Callimicos and Tamarins in Northwestern Bolivia offers& readers a scholary and relevant study of these rainforest dwellers.
- Contents:
- 1 The Elusive Callimicos 1
- Callimico Taxonomy 2
- Distribution, Behavior, and Ecology of the Callitrichids 6
- 2 The General Research Plan: A Comparative Study of Callimicos, Saddle-back Tamarins, and Red-bellied Tamarins 13
- Study Species 15
- Study Area 18
- Trail System 22
- Study Groups 23
- 3 Fungi and the Dietary Niche of Callimicos 29
- Methodology 32
- Behavioral Observations 32
- Diet Overlap 33
- Monitoring Plants, Fungi, and Arthropods 34
- Results 35
- Overall Diet 35
- Fungi 35
- Nectar 38
- Fruits 42
- Exudates 44
- Arthropods 47
- Vertebrates 51
- Vertical Stratification: Height Class Use 53
- Diet Overlap 55
- Feeding Competition 55
- 4 Habitat Use and Activity Budgets 61
- Habitat Specialization 61
- Activity Budgets 63
- Methodology 64
- Analyses 66
- Results 67
- Home Range Size and Density 67
- Sleeping Sites 68
- Activity Period 68
- General Activity Budget 70
- Changes in Callimico Activity by Season 72
- Locomotion 72
- Callimico Substrate Use 72
- Height Class Use 73
- Microhabitat Use 73
- Seasonal Changes in Microhabitat Use 75
- 5 Polyspecific Associations 83
- Potential Costs and Benefits of Polyspecific Associations 83
- Methodology 86
- Analyses 87
- Results 89
- Patterns of Associations Between Callimicos and Tamarins 89
- Effects of Polyspecific Associations on the Behavior of Callimicos 93
- 6 Social Organization and Reproductive Strategies of Callimicos 103
- Overview of the Social Organization of Callitrichids 103
- Methodology 107
- Results 107
- Breeding Females 107
- Breeding Males 107
- Predation and Dispersal 108
- Birth Season 108
- Interbirth Interval 108
- Infant Development 110
- Communal Care 110
- Mortality 112
- Male Reproductive Strategies 112
- Female Reproductive Strategies 113
- Infant Care 114
- Benefits of Allocare to Caregivers 118
- Why Don't Callimicos Twin? 120
- 7 Conservation 121
- Conservation Status of Callimicos 121
- Speciation 122
- Population Density 124
- Geographic Range 127
- Habitat Requirements 128
- Reproduction 130
- Interspecific Competition 131
- Role of Callimicos in their Ecosystem 132
- People and Forests in the Department of the Pando 133
- Future Conservation in the Department of the Pando 138
- Diet 141
- Habitat Use 142
- Reproductive Strategies 143
- Social Organization 144
- Callimicos and the Adaptive Radiation of Callitrichids 145
- Conservation 146.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 149-166) and index.
- Local Notes:
- Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the George Clapp Vaillant Book Fund.
- ISBN:
- 0131914707
- 9780131914704
- OCLC:
- 70660178
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