Monkeys of the Taï Forest : an African primate community / edited by W.S. McGraw, K. Zuberbühler and R. Noë.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

McGraw, William Scott, editor.

Zuberbühler, K. (Klaus), 1964- editor.

Noë, Ronald, 1951- editor.

Series:

Cambridge studies in biological and evolutionary anthropology ; 51.

Cambridge studies in biological and evolutionary anthropology ; 51

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Cercopithecidae--Behavior--Côte d'Ivoire--Parc national de Taï.

Cercopithecidae.

Social behavior in animals--Côte d'Ivoire--Parc national de Taï.

Social behavior in animals.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xiv, 328 pages) : digital, PDF file(s).

Place of Publication:

Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2007.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

A great deal has been written about primates; however few volumes have focused on an entire community of sympatric monkeys at a single site. Drawing upon diverse sets of data, the authors provide a multi-thematic case study of the entire monkey community of the Taï forest (Ivory Coast). Much of the book explores how the seven monkey species have adapted to hunting pressures from chimpanzees, leopards, crowned eagles and humans. Other themes covered include feeding ecology, social behaviour, positional behaviour and habitat use, vocal communication and conservation. Colour photographs of all species are provided, showing the major behavioural characteristics of each, as little is known about these West African monkeys. This scientifically important volume will be of interest to a broad audience including primatologists, functional anatomists, psychologists, and behavioural ecologists.

Contents:

The monkeys of the Taï Forest : an introduction / by W.S. McGraw and K. Zuberbühler

The social system of the guenons / P. Buzzard and W. Eckardt

How small-scale differences in food competition lead to different social systems in three closely related sympatric colobines / A.H. Korstjens, K. Bergman, C. Deffernez, M. Krebs, E.C. Nijssen, B.A.M. van Oirschot, C. Paukert, and E. Ph. Schippers

The structure of social relationships among sooty mangabeys in Taï / F. Range, T. Förderer, Y. Storrer-Meystre, C. Benetton and C. Fruteau

Interactions between leopard and monkeys / K. Zuberbühler and D. Jenny

Interactions between red colobus and chimpanzees / R. Bshary

Interactions between African crowned eagles and their prey community / S. Shultz and S. Thomsett

Monkey alarm calls / K. Zuberbühler

Positional behavior and habitat use of Taï Forest monkeys / W.S. McGraw

Can monkey behaviour be used as an indicator for poaching pressure? : a case study of the Diana guenon (Cercopithecus diana) and the western red colobus (Procolobus badius) in the Taï National Park, Côte d'Ivoire / I. Koné and J. Refisch

Vulnerability and conservation of the Tai monkeys fauna / W.S. McGraw.

Notes:

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

ISBN:

1-107-15925-3

1-280-91003-8

9786610910038

0-511-28614-7

0-511-28540-X

0-511-28380-6

0-511-32083-3

0-511-54212-7

0-511-28460-8

OCLC:

476062658