Kinship and behavior in primates / edited by Bernard Chapais and Carol M. Berman.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Chapais, Bernard, editor.

Berman, Carol M., editor.

Series:

Oxford scholarship online.

Oxford scholarship online

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Primates--Behavior.

Primates.

Kin recognition in animals.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (520 p.)

Place of Publication:

Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2023.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Presents a series of review chapters on the various aspects of primate kinship and behavior, as a fundamental reference for students and professionals interested in primate behavior, ecology and evolution. This book contains molecular data which allows one to assess directly degrees of genetic relatedness and kinship relations between individuals.

Contents:

Contents; Contributors; 1 Introduction: The Kinship Black Box; Part I. Who Are Kin? Methodological Advances in Determining Kin Relationships; Part II. Kin Compositions: Ecological Determinants, Population Genetics, and Demography; Part III. Diversity of Effects of Kinship on Behavior; Part IV. Kin Bias: Proximate and Functional Processes; Part V. The Evolutionary Origins of Human Kinship; Conclusion; Species Index; Subject Index

Notes:

Formerly CIP.

Previously issued in print: 2004.

Includes bibliographical refences and indexes.

Derived record based on print version record and publisher information.

ISBN:

0-19-770143-4

1-280-48192-7

1-4237-2009-1

0-19-534888-5

1-4337-0106-5

OCLC:

191036885