Adaptations for Foraging in Nonhuman Primates : Contributions to an Organismal Biology of Prosimians, Monkeys, and Apes / John G. H. Cant, Peter S. Rodman.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Cant, John G. H., editor.

Rodman, Peter S., editor.

Language:

English

Physical Description:

1 online resource

Place of Publication:

New York, NY : Columbia University Press, [1984]

Language Note:

In English.

Summary:

A collection of essays examining adaptation and foraging in nonhuman primates. Looks at the specific foraging behavior in extinct primates, orangutans, and chimpanzees. Along with the influence of body size and food processing on foraging and food choices.

Contents:

Frontmatter

Contents

Preface

Introduction: From Comparative Morphology and Socioecology to an Organismal Biology of Primates

1. On the Use of Anatomical Features To Infer Foraging Behavior in Extinct Primates / Kay, Richard F.

2. Motion Economy Within the Canopy: Four Strategies for Mobility / Grand, Theodore I.

3. Foraging, Habitat Structure, and Locomotion in Two Species of Galago / Crompton, R. H.

4. Use of Habitat and Positional Behavior in a Neotropical Primate, Saguinus oedipus / Garber, Paul A.

5. Foraging and Social Systems of Orangutans and Chimpanzees / Rodman, Peter S.

6. Feeding Ecology and Sociality of Chimpanzees in Kibale Forest, Uganda / Ghiglieri, Michael P.

7. Ecological Differences and Behavioral Contrasts Between Two Mangabey Species / Waser, Peter M.

8. Body Size and Foraging in Primates / Temerin, L. Alis / Wheatley, Bruce P. / Rodman, Peter S.

9. The Role of Food-Processing Factors in Primate Food Choice / Milton, Katharine

10. Is Optimization the Optimal Approach to Primate Foraging? / Post, David G.

11. A Conceptual Approach to Foraging Adaptations in Primates / Cant, John G. H. / Temerin, L. Alis

Index

Notes:

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 08. Jul 2019)

ISBN:

9780231877473

0231877471

OCLC:

1100435424