Télécharger le livre :  Owl Monkeys
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This book integrates three decades of owl monkey research conducted since 1994 when the first and only book focused on the genus Aotus was published. Owl monkeys were one of the least understood primates then; knowledge from wild populations was only beginning to emerge...

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Parution : 2023-09-13
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Télécharger le livre :  The Evolution of the Primate Foot
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The human foot is a unique and defining characteristic of our anatomy. Most primates have grasping, prehensile feet, whereas the human foot stands out as a powerful non-grasping propulsive lever that is central to our evolution as adept bipedal walkers and runners and...

Editeur : Springer
Parution : 2022-12-07
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Télécharger le livre :  Ecotourism and Indonesia's Primates
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The basic goal of the volume is to compile the most up to date research on the effect of ecotourism on Indonesia’s primates.The tremendous diversity of primates in Indonesia, in conjunction with the conservation issues facing the primates of this region, have created a...

Editeur : Springer
Parution : 2022-11-11
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Télécharger le livre :  Life and Death in the Gombe Chimpanzees
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This book addresses how skeletons can inform us about behavior by describing skeletal lesions in the Gombe chimpanzees, relating them to known life histories whenever possible, and analyzing demographic patterns in the sample.This is of particular interest to both...

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Parution : 2019-06-29
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Télécharger le livre :  Primate Life Histories, Sex Roles, and Adaptability
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Professor Linda M. Fedigan, Member of the Order of Canada and a Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada, has made major contributions to our understanding of the behavioural ecology of primates. Furthermore, Linda Fedigan pioneered and continues to advance scholarship on...

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Parution : 2018-10-29
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Télécharger le livre :  Howler Monkeys
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Howler monkeys (genus Alouatta) comprise 12 species of leaf-eating New World monkeys that range from southern Mexico through northern Argentina. This genus is the most widespread of any New World primate and can be found to inhabit a range of forest types from...

Editeur : Springer
Parution : 2014-12-15
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Télécharger le livre :  Howler Monkeys
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Howler monkeys (genus Alouatta) comprise twelve species of leaf-eating New World monkeys that range from southern Mexico through northern Argentina. This genus is the most widespread of any New World primate taxa, and can be found to inhabit a range of forest types from...

Editeur : Springer
Parution : 2014-12-04
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Télécharger le livre :  High Altitude Primates
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The basic goal of the volume is to compile the most up to date research on how high altitude affects the behavior, ecology, evolution and conservation status of primates, especially in comparison to lowland populations.  Historically, the majority of primate studies...

Editeur : Springer
Parution : 2013-11-19
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Télécharger le livre :  Primates in Fragments
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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...

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Parution : 2013-09-07
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Télécharger le livre :  Primates, Pathogens, and Evolution
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The immune systems of human and non-human primates have diverged over time, such that some species differ considerably in their susceptibility, symptoms, and survival of particular infectious diseases. Variation in primate immunity is such that major human pathogens -...

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Parution : 2013-08-30
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Télécharger le livre :  Leaping Ahead
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Leaping Ahead: Advances in Prosimian Biology presents a summary of the state of prosimian biology as we move into the second decade of the 21st century. The book covers a wide range of topics, from assessments of diversity and evolutionary scenarios, through...

Editeur : Springer
Parution : 2012-10-19
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Télécharger le livre :  The Macaque Connection
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The concept of this book arises from a symposium entitled “Human-Macaque Interactions: Traditional and Modern Perspectives on Cooperation and Conflict ” organized at the 23rd Congress of the International Primatological Society, that was held in Kyoto in September 2010....

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Parution : 2012-08-27
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Télécharger le livre :  Building Babies
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The ontogeny of each individual contributes to the physical, physiological, cognitive, neurobiological, and behavioral capacity to manage the complex social relationships and diverse foraging tasks that characterize the primate order. For these reasons Building Babies...

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Télécharger le livre :  Bones, Genetics, and Behavior of Rhesus Macaques
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Foreword by Phillip V. TobiasThe introduction of rhesus macaques to Cayo Santiago, Puerto Rico in 1938, and the subsequent development of the CPRC for biomedical research, continues its long history of stimulating studies in physical anthropology. The CPRC monkey...

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Parution : 2011-11-09
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Télécharger le livre :  Personality and Temperament in Nonhuman Primates
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Recently, there has been an increased interest in research on personality, temperament, and behavioral syndromes (henceforth to be referred to as personality) in nonhuman primates and other animals. This follows, in part, from a general interest in the subject matter...

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Parution : 2011-08-10
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Télécharger le livre :  Origins of Altruism and Cooperation
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This book is about the evolution and nature of cooperation and altruism in social-living animals, focusing especially on non-human primates and on humans. Although cooperation and altruism are often thought of as ways to attenuate competition and aggression within...

Editeur : Springer
Parution : 2011-08-02
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Télécharger le livre :  The Human Condition
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This book summarizes the work of several decades, culminating in a revolutionary model of recent human evolution. It challenges current consensus views fundamentally, presenting in its support a mass of evidence, much of which has never been assembled before.This...

Editeur : Springer
Parution : 2011-06-28
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Télécharger le livre :  Primate Locomotion
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Primate locomotion has typically been studied from two points of view. Laboratory-based researchers have focused on aspects like biomechanics and energetics, whereas field-based researchers have focused on (locomotor) behaviour and ecology. Unfortunately, to date, there...

Editeur : Springer
Parution : 2011-01-07
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Télécharger le livre :  Primates of Gashaka
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The Gashaka Primate Project has grown into one of the largest research and conservation activities in West Africa. At present, it keeps going on the initiative of the editors of this volume and their academic home institutions.The appearance of this volume marks the...

Editeur : Springer
Parution : 2010-11-23
Collection : Developments in Primatology: Progress and Prospects
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Télécharger le livre :  The Evolution of Exudativory in Primates
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I first became involved in research into primate behavior and ecology in 1968, over 40 years ago, driven by a quest for a better understanding of the natural context of primate evolution. At that time, it was virtually unknown that primates can exploit exudates as a...

Editeur : Springer
Parution : 2010-09-11
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