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Primate Anti-Predator Strategies

Contributor(s): Gursky, Sharon L [editor.] | Nekaris, K. A. I [editor.] | SpringerLink (Online service).
Material type: materialTypeLabelBookSeries: Developments in Primatology: Progress and Prospects: Publisher: Boston, MA : Springer US, 2007.Description: XXIII, 393 p. online resource.Content type: text Media type: computer Carrier type: online resourceISBN: 9780387348100.Subject(s): Life sciences | Behavioral sciences | Developmental biology | Ecology | Zoology | Anthropology | Life Sciences | Zoology | Behavioral Sciences | Developmental Biology | Ecology | AnthropologyDDC classification: 590 Online resources: Click here to access online
Contents:
Predation Theory -- Predation and Primate Cognitive Evolution -- Predation on Primates: A Biogeographical Analysis -- Anti-Predator Strategies of Nocturnal Primates -- Primates and Other Prey in the Seasonally Variable Diet of Cryptoprocta ferox in the Dry Deciduous Forest of Western Madagascar -- Predation on Lemurs in the Rainforest of Madagascar by Multiple Predator Species: Observations and Experiments -- Predation, Communication, and Cognition in Lemurs -- A Consideration of Leaping Locomotion as a Means of Predator Avoidance in Prosimian Primates -- Anti-Predator Strategies of Cathemeral Primates: Dealing with Predators of the Day and the Night -- Moonlight and Behavior in Nocturnal and Cathemeral Primates, Especially Lepilemur leucopus: Illuminating Possible Anti-Predator Efforts -- A Comparison of Calling Patterns in Two Nocturnal Primates, Otolemur crassicaudatus and Galago moholi as a Guide to Predation Risk -- Predator Defense by Slender Lorises and Pottos -- The Response of Spectral Tarsiers Toward Avian and Terrestrial Predators -- Talking Defensively, a Dual Use for the Brachial Gland Exudate of Slow and Pygmy Lorises -- Anti-Predator Strategies of Non-Nocturnal Primates -- Anti-Predator Strategies in a Diurnal Prosimian, the Ring-Tailed Lemur (Lemur catta), at the Beza Mahafaly Special Reserve, Madagascar -- Howler Monkeys and Harpy Eagles: A Communication Arms Race -- Effects of Habitat Structure on Perceived Risk of Predation and Anti-Predator Behavior of Vervet (Cercopithecus aethiops) and Patas (Erythrocebus patas) Monkeys -- Predation Risk and Habitat Use in Chacma Baboons (Papio hamadryas ursinus) -- Reconstructing Hominin Interactions with Mammalian Carnivores (6.0–1.8 Ma).
In: Springer eBooksSummary: Since the 1960s, primatologists have recognized the impact of predation on the evolution of morphology, the social systems and cognitive behavior of monkeys and apes, but few studies considered its impact on the prosimians - lemurs, lorises, galagos and tarsiers. This comprehensive volume, written by experts in the field, narrows this gap by highlighting the effect of predation on the order Primates in general. Theoretical approaches to understanding how primates perceive predation threat, as well as proximate and ultimate causes to address threat and attack, are considered across the primate order. Although this volume concentrates on the least known group in this theoretical area - the prosimians - contributions by researchers on numerous primate taxa across four major geographical regions make this a novel and exciting contribution to students interested in primate evolution and ecology.
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Predation Theory -- Predation and Primate Cognitive Evolution -- Predation on Primates: A Biogeographical Analysis -- Anti-Predator Strategies of Nocturnal Primates -- Primates and Other Prey in the Seasonally Variable Diet of Cryptoprocta ferox in the Dry Deciduous Forest of Western Madagascar -- Predation on Lemurs in the Rainforest of Madagascar by Multiple Predator Species: Observations and Experiments -- Predation, Communication, and Cognition in Lemurs -- A Consideration of Leaping Locomotion as a Means of Predator Avoidance in Prosimian Primates -- Anti-Predator Strategies of Cathemeral Primates: Dealing with Predators of the Day and the Night -- Moonlight and Behavior in Nocturnal and Cathemeral Primates, Especially Lepilemur leucopus: Illuminating Possible Anti-Predator Efforts -- A Comparison of Calling Patterns in Two Nocturnal Primates, Otolemur crassicaudatus and Galago moholi as a Guide to Predation Risk -- Predator Defense by Slender Lorises and Pottos -- The Response of Spectral Tarsiers Toward Avian and Terrestrial Predators -- Talking Defensively, a Dual Use for the Brachial Gland Exudate of Slow and Pygmy Lorises -- Anti-Predator Strategies of Non-Nocturnal Primates -- Anti-Predator Strategies in a Diurnal Prosimian, the Ring-Tailed Lemur (Lemur catta), at the Beza Mahafaly Special Reserve, Madagascar -- Howler Monkeys and Harpy Eagles: A Communication Arms Race -- Effects of Habitat Structure on Perceived Risk of Predation and Anti-Predator Behavior of Vervet (Cercopithecus aethiops) and Patas (Erythrocebus patas) Monkeys -- Predation Risk and Habitat Use in Chacma Baboons (Papio hamadryas ursinus) -- Reconstructing Hominin Interactions with Mammalian Carnivores (6.0–1.8 Ma).

Since the 1960s, primatologists have recognized the impact of predation on the evolution of morphology, the social systems and cognitive behavior of monkeys and apes, but few studies considered its impact on the prosimians - lemurs, lorises, galagos and tarsiers. This comprehensive volume, written by experts in the field, narrows this gap by highlighting the effect of predation on the order Primates in general. Theoretical approaches to understanding how primates perceive predation threat, as well as proximate and ultimate causes to address threat and attack, are considered across the primate order. Although this volume concentrates on the least known group in this theoretical area - the prosimians - contributions by researchers on numerous primate taxa across four major geographical regions make this a novel and exciting contribution to students interested in primate evolution and ecology.

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