Old world monkeys / edited by Paul F. Whitehead & Clifford J. Jolly.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Whitehead, Paul F. (Paul Frederick), 1954- editor.

Jolly, Clifford J., 1939- editor.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Cercopithecidae.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xii, 528 pages) : digital, PDF file(s).

Place of Publication:

Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2000.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Old World monkeys (Cercopithecoidea) are the most successful and diverse group of living non-human primates in terms of the number of species, behavioural repertoires and ecology. They have much to teach us about the processes of evolution and the principles of ecology, and are among our closest living relatives. This volume presents a broad, technical account of cercopithecoid biology including molecular, behavioural and morphological approaches to phylogeny, population structure, allometry, fossil history, functional morphology, ecology, cognitive capabilities, social behaviour and conservation. It will be the definitive reference on this group for professionals and graduate students in primatology, animal behaviour, paleontology, morphology, systematics and physical anthropology, but will also be useful to senior undergraduates.

Contents:

1. Old World monkeys: three decades of development and change in the study of the Cercopithecoidea / Clifford J. Jolly and Paul F. Whitehead

2. The molecular systematics of the Cercopithecidae / Todd R. Disotell

3. Molecular genetic variation and population structure in Papio baboons / Jeffrey Rogers

4. The phylogeny of the Cercopithecoidea / Colin P. Groves

5. Ontogeny of the nasal capsule in cercopithecoids: a contribution to the comparative and evolutionary morphology of catarrhines / Wolfgang Maier

6. Old World monkey origins and diversification: an evolutionary study of diet and dentition / Brenda R. Benefit

7. Geological context of fossil Cercopithecoidea from eastern Africa / Thomas Gundling and Andrew Hill

8. The oro-facial complex in macaques: tongue and jaw movements in feeding / Karen Hiiemae

9. Evolutionary morphology of the skull in Old World monkeys / Matthew J. Ravosa and Lorna P. Profant

10. Evolutionary endocrinology of the cercopithecoids / Patricia L. Whitten

11. Behavioral ecology and socioendocrinology of reproductive maturation in cercopithecine monkeys / Fred B. Bercovitch

12. Quantitative assessment of occlusal wear and age estimation in Ethiopian and Tanzanian baboons / Jane E. Phillips-Conroy, Thore Bergman and Clifford J. Jolly

13. Maternal investment throughout the life span in Old World monkeys / Lynn A. Fairbanks

14. Cognitive capacities of Old World monkeys based on studies of social behavior / Irwin S. Bernstein

15. The effects of predation and habitat quality on the socioecology of African monkeys: lessons from the islands of Bioko and Zanzibar / Thomas T. Struhsaker

16. The loud calls of black-and-white colobus monkeys: their adaptive and taxonomic significance in light of new data / John F. Oates, C.M. Bocian and C.J. Terranova

17. Agonistic and affiliative relationships in a blue monkey group / Marina Cords

18. Locomotor behavior in Ugandan monkeys / Daniel L. Gebo and Colin A. Chapman

19. The behavioral ecology of Asian colobines / Carey P. Yeager and Karen Kool.

Notes:

Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 05 Oct 2015).

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

1-107-17283-7

1-281-38388-0

9786611383886

0-511-39810-7

0-511-39893-X

0-511-40106-X

0-511-39660-0

0-511-54258-5

0-511-39733-X

OCLC:

437209146