Primates in Fragments
Complexity and Resilience
1st Edition
Published on 7. September 2013
XXII, 539 pages
978-1-4614-8839-2 (ISBN)
Description
This book is number two in a series for Primates in Fragments. In this volume, ten years after the first http://www.springer.com/social+sciences/anthropology+%26+archaeology/book/978-0-306-47696-9, we continue to address issues regarding primates within a fractured landscape. There are seven sections based on specific categories of primates in fragments. In the Introductory section, authors discuss the issues surrounding primates in remnant habitats as well as encourage discussion about what we mean by fragmentation on a landscape scale. In the Long-Term and Regional Studies section, authors present information on changes that have occurred during longer studies as well as changes that have occurred over regions. In the Landscape, Metapopulations and the Matrix section, authors cover topics from dry to moist forests, and from metapopulations to single species use of multiple fragments locations. In Feeding and Behavioral Ecology, authors take a closer look at the flexibility and responsiveness of primates in fragments in terms of their food choices, resource use, and behavioral changes. In Endemic, Endangered, and Nocturnal Primates authors uncover details involving critical primates living in major city centers to the heights of the Himalayas. In Genetics, Disease and Parasites authors cover topics including population viability, disease and parasite transmission between primates in fragments and humans. Finally, in the Conservation and Ecology: Threats and Management section, we synthesize information in this volume and make recommendations for the future of work in this field and the survivability of primates in fragments.
Reviews / Votes
From the reviews:
Selected by Choice magazine as an "Outstanding Academic Title" for 2014
"The volume covers all major areas of research relevant to understanding primate habitat fragmentation and conservation implications, and additionally summarizes the conservation status of several nonhuman primate populations that are most impacted by habitat fragmentation. The color photographs illustrate the book nicely throughout. . this book is an excellent and critical starting point. Summing Up: Essential. Upper-division undergraduates through professionals in primatology." (L. Swedell, Choice, Vol. 51 (10), June, 2014)More details
Series
Language
English
Place of publication
New York
United States
Publishing group
Springer US
Target group
Professional and scholarly
Product notice
Reflowable
Illustrations
XXII, 539 p. 120 illus., 84 illus. in color.
File size
16,04 MB
ISBN-13
978-1-4614-8839-2 (9781461488392)
DOI
10.1007/978-1-4614-8839-2
Schweitzer Classification
Other editions
Additional editions
Book
09/2013
Springer
€160.49
Shipment within 15-20 days
Content
Section I: Introduction.- 1. Because Conservation Counts: Primates and Fragmentation.- 2. Assessing Habitat Fragmentation Effects for Primates: The Importance of Evaluating Questions at the Correct Scale.- Section II: Long-term and Regional Studies.- 3. One Hundred Years of Solitude: Effects of Long-Term Forest Fragmentation on the Primate Community of Java, Indonesia.- 4. A Region-Wide Review of Mesoamerican Primates: Prioritizing for Conservation.- 5. Primates of the Biological Dynamics of Forest Fragments Project: A History.- 6. Lessons From Los Tuxtlas: 30 Years of Research Into Primates in Fragments.- 7. Going, Going, Gone: A 15-year History of the Decline of Primates in Forest Fragments Near National Park, Uganda.- Section III: Landscape, Metapopulations, and the Matrix.- 8. Primate Populations in Fragmented Tropical Dry Forest Landscapes in Southwestern Nicaragua.- 9. Living on the Edge: Habitat Fragmentation at the Interface of the Semi-Arid Zone of the Brazilian Northeast.- 10. Do Patch Size and Dispersal Distance Influence the Distribution of Brown Howler Monkeys (Alouatta guariba clamitans) in a Fragmented Landscape in South Brazil?.- 11. Status Monitoring of Isolated Populations of Macaques and Other Non-Human Primates in Thailand.- 12. An Eight-Year Life History of a Primate Community in Fragments in Colombian Llanos.- 13. A Critically-Endangered Capuchin (Sapajus apella margaritae) Living in Mountain Forest Fragments on Isla de Margarita, Venezuela. Section IV: Feeding and Behavioral Ecology.- 14. "Specialist" Primates Can Be Flexible In Response To Habitat Alteration.- 15. Fragments and Food: Red-tailed Monkey Abundance in Privately Owned Forest Fragments of Central Uganda.- 16. Fragment-Adaptive Behavioral Strategies and Intersite Variation in the Ring-Tailed Lemurs of South-Central Madagascar.- 17. The Simplified Novel Diet of the Blond Capuchin in the Vanishing Pernambuco Endemism Centre.- 18. Effects of Habitat Alteration on RestingBehaviour of the Sahamalza Sportive Lemur in Northwest Madagascar.- Section V: Endemic, Endangered, and Nocturnal Primates.- 19. Multi-Level and Multi-Disciplinary Approaches to Understanding Endangered Primates in Complex Landscapes: Golden-headed Lion Tamarins in Southern Bahia, Brazil.- 20. A Critically-Endangered Capuchin Monkey (Sapajus xanthosternos) Living in a Highly-Fragmented Hotspot.- 21. Coping with Fragmented Forests: The Critically Endangered Tonkin Snub-Nosed Monkeys (Rhinopithecus avunculus) in Vietnam.- 22. Fragmented Primates of Nepal.- 23. The Challenges of Survival in a Concrete Jungle: Conservation of the Pied Tamarin in the Urban Landscape of Manaus, Brazil.- 24. Where Are They? Quantification, Distribution, and Microhabitat Use of Fragments by the Red Slender Loris in Sri Lanka.- Section VI: Genetics, Disease, and Parasites.- 25. Molecular Genetic Tools for Evaluating the Consequences of Habitat Fragmentation.- 26. Kinship and Dispersal Patterns in Alouatta caraya Inhabiting Continuous and Fragmented Habitats of Argentina.- 27. The Mona Monkeys of Grenada, São Tomé and Príncipe: Long-term Persistence of a Guenon in Permanent Fragments and Implications for the Survival of Forest Primates in Protected Areas.- 28. Landscape Attributes Affecting the Natural Hybridization of Mexican Howler Monkeys.- 29. Preliminary Evaluation of the Effects of Habitat Fragmentation on Habitat Use and Genetic Diversity of Pygmy Marmosets in Ecuador.- 30. Interacting Roles of Diet, Cortisol Levels, and Parasites in Determining Population Density of Belizean Howler Monkeys in a Hurricane Damaged Forest Fragment.- Section VII: Conservation and Ecology: Threats and Management.- 31. Fragmentation and Its Significance on Proboscis Monkey (Nasalis larvatus) Conservation in the Lower Kinabatangan, Sabah (North Borneo).- 32. Potential Distribution of Primates in the Yucatan Peninsula, Mexico Under Current and Climate Change Scenarios.- 33. Conservation Challenges FacingTwo Threatened Endemic Titi Monkeys in a Naturally Fragmented Bolivian Forest.- 34. Primates in Fragments Ten Years Later: Once and Future Goals.
