Manipulative monkeys : the capuchins of Lomas Barbudal / Susan Perry ; with Joseph H. Manson.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Perry, Susan, 1965-

Contributor:

Manson, Joseph H.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Capuchin monkeys--Behavior--Costa Rica--Reserva Biologica Lomas Barbudal.

Capuchin monkeys.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (367 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Cambridge, Mass. : Harvard University Press, 2008.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

This book takes us into a Costa Rican forest teeming with simian drama, where since 1990 primatologists Perry and Manson have followed four generations of capuchins. The authors describe behavior as entertaining--and occasionally as alarming--as it is recognizable: competition and cooperation, jockeying for position and status, peaceful years under an alpha male devolving into bloody chaos, and complex traditions passed from one generation to the next. Interspersed with their observations are the authors' colorful tales of the challenges of tropical fieldwork.

Contents:

Frontmatter

Contents

Prologue

1. All in a Day’s Work

2. The Social Intelligence Debate and the Origins of the Lomas Barbudal Monkey Project

3. The Challenges of Foraging and Self-Medication

4. Predators, Prey, and Personality

5. Capuchin Communication

6. Abby and Tattle: Two Females’ Political Careers

7. Curmudgeon: The Career of an Alpha Male

8. Moth and Tranquilo: The Strategies of Incoming Alpha Males

9. Kola and Jordan: Lethal Aggression and the Importance of Allies

10. Miffin, Nobu, and Abby: Capuchin Mothers, Infants, and Babysitters

11. Guapo: Innovation and Tradition in the Creation of Bond-Testing Rituals

12. Social Learning and the Roots of Culture

13. Nobu and La Lucha sin Fin: Conservation of Tropical Dry Forests

Epilogue

Cast of Characters

Timeline of Events in Abby’s and Rambo’s Groups

Glossary of Behavioral Terms in the Capuchin Communicative Repertoire

Works Cited

Acknowledgments

Index

Notes:

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Includes bibliographical references (p. [332]-346) and index.

ISBN:

0-674-04204-2

OCLC:

503447700