TY - BOOK ID - 4862127 TI - Howler Monkeys : Adaptive Radiation, Systematics, and Morphology AU - Kowalewski, Martín M. AU - Garber, Paul A. AU - Cortés-Ortiz, Liliana. AU - Urbani, Bernardo. AU - Youlatos, Dionisios. PY - 2015 SN - 9781493919574 1493919563 9781493919567 1493919571 PB - New York, NY : Springer New York : Imprint: Springer, DB - UniCat KW - Life Sciences. KW - Evolutionary Biology. KW - Animal Genetics and Genomics. KW - Conservation Biology/Ecology. KW - Animal Ecology. KW - Zoology. KW - Life sciences. KW - Animal ecology. KW - Conservation biology. KW - Evolution (Biology). KW - Animal genetics. KW - Sciences de la vie KW - Ecologie animale KW - Biologie de la conservation KW - Evolution (Biologie) KW - Zoologie KW - Génétique animale KW - Biology KW - Health & Biological Sciences KW - Evolution KW - Primates KW - Howler monkeys KW - Adaptive radiation (Evolution) KW - Evolution. KW - Cladogenesis KW - Radiation, Adaptive (Evolution) KW - Alouatta KW - Howling monkeys KW - Ecology. KW - Evolutionary biology. KW - Adaptation (Biology) KW - Evolution (Biology) KW - Atelidae KW - Natural history KW - Animals KW - Zoology KW - Ecology KW - Nature conservation KW - Genetics KW - Animal evolution KW - Biological evolution KW - Darwinism KW - Evolutionary biology KW - Evolutionary science KW - Origin of species KW - Biological fitness KW - Homoplasy KW - Natural selection KW - Phylogeny KW - Ecology . KW - Balance of nature KW - Bionomics KW - Ecological processes KW - Ecological science KW - Ecological sciences KW - Environment KW - Environmental biology KW - Oecology KW - Environmental sciences KW - Population biology UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:4862127 AB - 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 undisturbed rainforest to severely anthropogenically impacted forest fragments. Although there have been many studies on individual species of howler monkeys, this book is the first comprehensive volume to place information on howler behavior and biology within a theoretical framework of ecological and social adaptability. This is the first of two companion volumes devoted to the genus Alouatta. This volume: Provides new and original empirical and theoretical research on howler monkeys Presents  evolutionary and adaptive explanations for the ecological success of howler monkeys Examines howler behavior and ecology within a comparative framework These goals are achieved in a collection of chapters written by a distinguished group of scientists on the evolutionary history, paleontology, taxonomy, genetics, morphology, physiology, and anatomy of howlers. This volume also contains chapters on ethnoprimatology, conservation, and howlers as vectors of infectious diseases. ER -