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A great deal has been written about primates; however few volumes have focused on an entire community of sympatric monkeys at a single site. Drawing upon diverse sets of data, the authors provide a multi-thematic case study of the entire monkey community of the Taï forest (Ivory Coast). Much of the book explores how the seven monkey species have adapted to hunting pressures from chimpanzees, leopards, crowned eagles and humans. Other themes covered include feeding ecology, social behaviour, positional behaviour and habitat use, vocal communication and conservation. Colour photographs of all species are provided, showing the major behavioural characteristics of each, as little is known about these West African monkeys. This scientifically important volume will be of interest to a broad audience including primatologists, functional anatomists, psychologists, and behavioural ecologists.

Monkeys --- Cercopithecidae --- Social behavior in animals --- Animal behavior --- Animal societies --- Old World monkeys --- Primates --- Haplorhini --- Behavior

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It has been twelve years since a work relating to the long-tailed African monkeys known as the guenons has been published and fifteen years have passed since the last major scientific symposium was held that was solely dedicated to current research on members of this monkey group living in the wild. Since that time, new guenon species and subspecies have been discovered, previously unstudied guenon species have become the subject of long-term research projects, and knowledge of the more well-known guenon species has greatly increased. This volume presents novel information and keen insight on research previously studied and newly discovered. A wide range of topics related to guenon biology is presented, including evolution, taxonomy, biogeography, reproductive physiology, social and positional behavior, ecology, and conservation. Composed of 26 chapters compiled by 47 authors, many of whom are young investigators in their field, The Guenons: Diversity and Adaptation in African Monkeys provides a valuable resource for researchers and scientists in the fields of anthropology, primatology, zoology, and conservation biology.

Cercopithecidae. --- Zoology. --- Anthropology. --- Evolution (Biology). --- Ecology. --- Evolutionary Biology. --- Evolutionary biology. --- Ecology . --- Balance of nature --- Biology --- Bionomics --- Ecological processes --- Ecological science --- Ecological sciences --- Environment --- Environmental biology --- Oecology --- Environmental sciences --- Population biology --- Animal evolution --- Animals --- Biological evolution --- Darwinism --- Evolutionary biology --- Evolutionary science --- Origin of species --- Evolution --- Biological fitness --- Homoplasy --- Natural selection --- Phylogeny --- Human beings --- Natural history --- Ecology

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Building on the foundation of two earlier volumes, The Baboon in Biomedical Research returns in an updated edition that presents the variety of uses and the importance of the baboon in biomedical research today. With contributions from leading researchers who use the baboon model, the new edition, edited by John L. VandeBerg, Suzette D. Tardif, and Sarah Williams-Blangero, provides a cogent introduction to this nonhuman primate model and serves as a valuable guide for researchers as well as laboratory animal veterinarians. The volume begins with a chapter on the baboon gene map, the first genetic linkage map developed for any nonhuman primate species. Subsequent chapters present the results of decades of research on basic biological characteristics of baboons: microbiology, reproductive biology, growth and development, behavior, and spontaneous pathology. The remaining chapters summarize the scientific contributions of baboons as models of human diseases or physiological or developmental characteristics, including neonatal lung disease, dental development, dyslipidemia and atherosclerosis, pregnancy, ingestive behaviors, infant nutrition, alcoholic liver disease, drug abuse, neuroimaging, epilepsy, and xenotransplantation. The baboon already has a 50-year history of significant contributions as a model for human states of health and disease. This volume highlights the exciting research that is currently being conducted with this animal model and suggests future directions for the baboon in biomedical research.

Animals, Laboratory. --- Baboons as laboratory animals. --- Papio. --- Baboons as laboratory animals --- Animal Population Groups --- Cercopithecinae --- Science --- Cercopithecidae --- Natural Science Disciplines --- Animals --- Research --- Animals, Laboratory --- Papio --- Eukaryota --- Disciplines and Occupations --- Catarrhini --- Haplorhini --- Organisms --- Primates --- Mammals --- Vertebrates --- Chordata --- Zoology --- Agriculture --- Earth & Environmental Sciences --- Health & Biological Sciences --- Animal Sciences --- Zoology - General --- Laboratory animals. --- Animals, Experimental --- Animals in research --- Experimental animals --- Lab animals --- Life sciences. --- Zoology. --- Animal physiology. --- Animal models in research. --- Anthropology. --- Life Sciences. --- Animal Models. --- Biomedicine general. --- Animal Physiology. --- Animal culture --- Laboratory organisms --- Working animals --- Animal experimentation --- Laboratory animals --- Medicine. --- Human beings --- Animal physiology --- Biology --- Anatomy --- Clinical sciences --- Medical profession --- Human biology --- Life sciences --- Medical sciences --- Pathology --- Physicians --- Natural history --- Physiology --- Health Workforce --- Biomedicine, general. --- Biological models --- Primitive societies --- Social sciences

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The introduction of rhesus macaques (Macaca mulatta) to Cayo Santiago, Puerto Rico in 1938, and the subsequent development of the Caribbean Primate Research Center (CPRC) for behavioral and biomedical research, has generated an unparalleled resource for physical anthropology and other fields in the social, biological, and medical sciences. Bones, Genetics, and Behavior of Rhesus Macaques: Macaca Mulatta of Cayo  Santiago and  Beyond  highlights recent and ongoing research in physical anthropology, and reveals the numerous research opportunities that still exist at this unusual rhesus facility.

Bones. --- Caribbean Primate Research Center. --- Physical anthropology. --- Rhesus monkey -- Anatomy. --- Rhesus monkey -- Behavior. --- Rhesus monkey -- Behavior -- Puerto Rico -- Santiago Cay. --- Rhesus monkey -- Genetics. --- Rhesus monkey -- Puerto Rico -- Santiago Cay -- Anatomy. --- Rhesus monkey -- Puerto Rico -- Santiago Cay -- Genetics. --- Rhesus monkey --- Bones --- Physical anthropology --- West Indies --- Behavior --- Macaca --- Anthropology --- Behavior and Behavior Mechanisms --- Caribbean Region --- Cercopithecinae --- Social Sciences --- Americas --- Psychiatry and Psychology --- Anthropology, Education, Sociology and Social Phenomena --- Cercopithecidae --- Geographic Locations --- Catarrhini --- Haplorhini --- Geographicals --- Primates --- Mammals --- Vertebrates --- Chordata --- Animals --- Eukaryota --- Organisms --- Behavior, Animal --- Anthropology, Physical --- Macaca mulatta --- Puerto Rico --- Zoology --- Biology --- Health & Biological Sciences --- Evolution --- Anatomy --- Genetics --- Rhesus monkey. --- Biological anthropology --- Somatology --- Cercopithecus mulatta --- Macacus rhesus --- Pithecus rhesus --- Rhesus macaque --- Life sciences. --- Behavioral sciences. --- Developmental biology. --- Evolutionary biology. --- Animal anatomy. --- Animal genetics. --- Anthropology. --- Life Sciences. --- Evolutionary Biology. --- Developmental Biology. --- Animal Anatomy / Morphology / Histology. --- Behavioral Sciences. --- Animal Genetics and Genomics. --- Human biology --- Macaques --- Evolution (Biology). --- Morphology (Animals). --- Animal behavior. --- Animals, Habits and behavior of --- Ethology --- Animal psychology --- Ethologists --- Psychology, Comparative --- Animal morphology --- Body form in animals --- Morphology --- Development (Biology) --- Growth --- Ontogeny --- Human beings --- Animal evolution --- Biological evolution --- Darwinism --- Evolutionary biology --- Evolutionary science --- Origin of species --- Biological fitness --- Homoplasy --- Natural selection --- Phylogeny --- Animal anatomy --- Physiology --- University of Puerto Rico Medical Sciences Campus. --- Primitive societies --- Social sciences