Biology and Conservation of New Primates
"Folia Primatologica", Vol 68, No 3-5
Published on 23. September 1997
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208 pages
978-3-8055-6512-7 (ISBN)
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In recent years there has been a dramatic increase in studies of New World monkeys, both in captivity and in nature. The aim of this special issue is to present new material on a wide variety of topics covering a considerable number of genera. The number of contributions on callitrichid primates reflects current interest in this group. Timely and interesting, the publication contains invited papers relating to the biology and conservation of New World species as well as papers that were presented at a meeting organised under the auspices of the Primate Society of Great Britain.
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Editorial - the biology and conservation of New World primates, H.O. Box and H.M. Buchanan-Smith; mate preferences of wild muriqui monkeys ("Brachyteles arachnoides") - reproductive and social correlates, K.B. Strier; conservation of neotropical primates - threatened species and an analysis of primate diversity by country and region, A.B. Rylands et al; geographic distribution of the golden-headed lion tamarin, "Leontropithecus chrysomelas" - implications for its management and conservation, L.P. de S. Pinto and A.B. Rylands; uncertain conservation status of squirrel monkeys in Costa Rica, "Saimiri oerstedi oerstedi" and "Saimiri oerstedi citrinellus", S. Boinski and L. Sirot; feeding behaviour and predation of a bat by "Saimiri sciureus" in a semi-natural Amazonian environment, L.L. Souza et al; effects of habitat quality and hunting pressure on arboreal folivore densities in neotropical forests - a case study of howler monkeys ("Alouatta" spp.), C.A. Peres; the ecology, biogeography and conservation of the uakaris, "Cacajao" (Pitheciinae), A.A. Barnett and D. Brandon-Jones; experimental field study of spatial memory and learning in wild capuchin monkeys ("Cebus capucinus"), P.A. Garber and L.M. Paciulli; can spider monkeys ("Ateles geoffroyi") discriminate vocalizations of familiar individuals and strangers?, P. Teixidor and R.W. Byrne; social memory in saddle-back tamarins ("Saguinus fuscicollis"), G. Epple and H. Niblick; tamarin mixed-species groups - an evaluation of a combined captive and field approach, H.M. Buchanan-Smith and S.M. Hardie; the relationship between body size and mixed-species troops of tamarins ("Saguinus" spp.), E.W. Heymann; foraging strategies among male and female marmosets and tamarins (Callitrichidae) - new perspectives in an underexplored area, H.O. Box; autonomic balance in "Saimiri sciureus" and "Callicebus moloch" - relation to life-style, S.P. Mendoza and W.A. Mason.