Primate Conservation Biology

Author: Guy Cowlishaw
Publisher: University of Chicago Press
ISBN: 022682117X
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 511

Book Description
From the snub-nosed monkeys of China to the mountain gorillas of central Africa, our closest nonhuman relatives are in critical danger worldwide. A recent report, for example, warns that nearly 20 percent of the world's primates may go extinct within the next ten or twenty years. In this book Guy Cowlishaw and Robin Dunbar integrate cutting-edge theoretical advances with practical management priorities to give scientists and policymakers the tools they need to help keep these species from disappearing forever. Primate Conservation Biology begins with detailed overviews of the diversity, life history, ecology, and behavior of primates and the ways these factors influence primate abundance and distribution. Cowlishaw and Dunbar then discuss the factors that put primates at the greatest risk of extinction, especially habitat disturbance and hunting. The remaining chapters present a comprehensive review of conservation strategies and management practices, highlighting the key issues that must be addressed to protect primates for the future.

An Introduction to Primate Conservation

Author: Serge A. Wich
Publisher: Oxford University Press
ISBN: 0198703384
Category : Nature
Languages : en
Pages : 318

Book Description
This book provides a comprehensive and state-of-the-art synthesis of research principles and applied management practices for primate conservation.

Primate Ecology and Conservation

Author: Eleanor Sterling
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
ISBN: 0199659443
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 442

Book Description
This practical volume brings together a group of distinguished primate researchers to synthesise field, laboratory, and conservation management techniques for primate ecology and conservation.

Primates in Flooded Habitats

Author: Katarzyna Nowak
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 1107134315
Category : Nature
Languages : en
Pages : 481

Book Description
A ground breaking study of primates that live in flooded habitats around the world.

Primate Behavioral Ecology

Author: Karen B. Strier
Publisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1317345207
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 409

Book Description
Primate Behavioral Ecology, described as “an engaging, cutting-edge exposition,” incorporates exciting new discoveries and the most up-to-date approaches in its introduction to the field and its applications of behavioral ecology to primate conservation. This unique, comprehensive, single-authored text integrates the basics of evolutionary, ecological, and demographic perspectives with contemporary noninvasive molecular and hormonal techniques to understand how different primates behave and the significance of these insights for primate conservation. Examples are drawn from the “classic” primate field studies and more recent studies on previously neglected species from across the primate order, illustrating the vast behavioral variation that we now know exists and the gaps in our knowledge that future studies will fill.

Mahale Chimpanzees

Author: Michio Nakamura
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 1107052319
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 797

Book Description
A major contribution to great-ape research, covering every aspect of the Mahale Mountain Chimpanzee Project to offer new, unique insights.

South American Primates

Author: Paul A. Garber
Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media
ISBN: 0387787054
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 565

Book Description
This will be the first time a volume will be compiled focusing on South American monkeys as models to address and test critical issues in the study of nonhuman primates. In addition, the volume will serve an important compliment to the book on Mesoamerican primates recently published in the series under the DIPR book series. The book will be of interest to a broad range of scientists in various disciplines, ranging from primatology, to animal behavior, animal ecology, conservation biology, veterinary science, animal husbandry, anthropology, and natural resource management. Moreover, although the volume will highlight South American primates, chapters will not simply review particular taxa or topics. Rather the focus of each chapter is to examine the nature and range of primate responses to changes in their ecological and social environments, and to use data on South American monkeys to address critical theoretical questions in the study of primate behavior, ecology, and conservation. Thus, we anticipate that the volume will be widely read by a broad range of students and researchers interested in prosimians, New World monkeys, Old World monkeys, apes, humans, as well as animal behavior and tropical biology.

New Perspectives in the Study of Mesoamerican Primates

Author: Alejandro Estrada
Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media
ISBN: 0387258728
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 598

Book Description
The purpose of this volume is to present a comprehensive overview of recent advances in primate field research, ecology, and conservation biology in Mesoamerica. The overall goal of each contribution is to integrate newly collected field data with theoretical perspectives drawn from evolutionary biology, socioecology, biological anthropology, and conservation to identify how our current knowledge of primate behavior and ecology has moved beyond more traditional approaches. A corollary to this, and an important goal of the volume is to identify geographical regions and species for which we continue to lack sufficient information, to develop action plans for future research, and to identify areas for immediate conservation action. Despite many decades of primate research in Mesoamerica, much is still unknown concerning the basic ecology and behavior of these species, demography, current distribution, and conservation status of local populations, and the effectiveness of conservation policies on primate survivorship. Four major areas of research are the focus of the volume: Evolutionary Biology and Biogeography; Population Demography and Ecology; Behavior; and Conservation and Management Policies.

Ethnoprimatology

Author: Kerry M. Dore
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 1107109965
Category : Nature
Languages : en
Pages : 327

Book Description
A how-to guide for ethnoprimatological research in the Anthropocene, offering an inside look at the latest research in the field.

Seasonality in Primates

Author: Diane K. Brockman
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 9780521820691
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 616

Book Description
This book explores how seasonal variation in resource abundance might have driven primate and human evolution.