Primate Societies
With 46 Contributors
1st Edition
Published on 31. May 2024
585 pages
978-0-226-22046-8 (ISBN)
Description
Primate Societies is a synthesis of the most current
information on primate socioecology and its theoretical and
empirical significance, spanning the disciplines of behavioral
biology, ecology, anthropology, and psychology. It is a very rich
source of ideas about other taxa.
"A superb synthesis of knowledge about the social lives of
non-human primates."-Alan Dixson, Nature
information on primate socioecology and its theoretical and
empirical significance, spanning the disciplines of behavioral
biology, ecology, anthropology, and psychology. It is a very rich
source of ideas about other taxa.
"A superb synthesis of knowledge about the social lives of
non-human primates."-Alan Dixson, Nature
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Content
- Intro
- Contents
- Foreword
- Preface
- 1. The Study of Primate Societies / Dorothy L. Cheney, Robert M. Seyfarth, Barbara B. Smuts, and Richard W. Wrangham
- Part I. Evolution of Diversity
- 2. Lorises, Bushbabies, and Tarsiers: Diverse Societies in Solitary Foragers / Simon K. Bearder
- 3. Malagasy Prosimians: Female Dominance / Alison F. Richard
- 4. Tamarins and Marmosets: Communal Care of Offspring / Anne Wilson Goldizen
- 5. Monogamous Cebids and Their Relatives: Intergroup Calls and Spacing / John G. Robinson, Patricia C. Wright, and Warren G. Kinzey
- 6. Howlers: Variations in Group Size and Demography / Carolyn M. Crockett and John F. Eisenberg
- 7. Capuchins, Squirrel Monkeys, and Atelines: Socioecological Convergence with Old World Primates / John G. Robinson and Charles H. Janson
- 8. Colobines: Infanticide by Adult Males / Thomas T. Struhsaker and Lysa Leland
- 9. Forest Guenons and Patas Monkeys: Male-Male Competition in One-Male Groups / Marina Cords
- 10. Desert, Forest, and Montane Baboons: Multilevel-Societies / Eduard Stammbach
- 11. Cercopithecines in Multimale Groups: Genetic Diversity and Population Structure / Don J. Melnick and Mary C. Pearl
- 12. Gibbons: Territoriality and Monogamy / Donna Robbins Leighton
- 13. Orangutans: Sexual Dimorphism in a Solitary Species / Peter S. Rodman and John C. Mitani
- 14. Gorillas: Variation in Female Relationships / Kelly J. Stewart and Alexander H. Harcourt
- 15. Chimpanzees and Bonobos: Cooperative Relationships among Males / Toshisada Nishida and Mariko Hiraiwa-Hasegawa
- Part II. Socioecology
- 16. Life Histories in Comparative Perspective / Paul H. Harvey, R. D. Martin, and T. H. Clutton-Brock
- 17. Food Distribution and Foraging Behavior / John F. Oates
- 18. Interactions among Primate Species / Peter M. Waser
- 19. Predation / Dorothy L. Cheney and Richard W. Wrangham
- 20. Demography and Reproduction / R.I. M. Dunbar
- 21. Dispersal and Philopatry / Anne E. Pusey and Craig Packer
- 22. Interactions and Relationships between Groups / Dorothy L. Cheney
- 23. Evolution of Social Structure / Richard W. Wrangham
- Part III. Group Life
- 24. Kinship / Sarah Gouzoules and Harold Gouzoules
- 25. Conflict and Cooperation / Jeffrey R. Walters and Robert M. Seyfarth
- 26. Social Behavior in Evolutionary Perspective / Joan B. Silk
- 27. Infants, Mothers, and Other Females / Joan B. Silk
- 28. Infants and Adult Males / Patricia L. Whitten
- 29. Transition to Adulthood / Jeffrey R. Walters
- 30. Patterning of Sexual Activity / Sarah Blaffer Hrdy and Patricia L. Whitten
- 31. Sexual Competition and Mate Choice / Barbara B. Smuts
- 32. Gender, Aggression, and Influence / Barbara B. Smuts
- 33. Can Nonhuman Primates Help Us Understand Human Behavior? / Robert A. Hinde
- 34. Dynamics of Social Relationships / Frans B. M. de Waal
- Part IV. Communication and Intelligence
- 35. Communication by Sight and Smell / Anne C. Zeller
- 36. Vocal Communication and Its Relation to Language / Robert M. Seyfarth
- 37. Intelligence and Social Cognition / Susan Essock-Vitale and Robert M. Seyfarth
- 38. Local Traditions and Cultural Transmission / Toshisada Nishida
- Part V. The Future
- 39. Conservation of Primates and Their Habitats / Russell A. Mittermeier and Dorothy L. Cheney
- 40. Future of Primate Research / Dorothy L. Cheney, Robert M. Seyfarth, Barbara B. Smuts, and Richard W. Wrangham
- Appendix: The Order Primates: Species Names and a Guide to Social Organization
- List of Contributors
- Bibliography
- Index
