TY - BOOK ID - 77901075 TI - Comparative primate socioecology PY - 1999 SN - 1107114470 0511020139 1280429305 9786610429301 051117506X 0511155158 0511323484 0511542461 0511054416 9780511020131 9780511155154 9780511175060 9780511542466 9780521593366 0521593360 9780521004244 0521004241 9781107114470 9781280429309 6610429308 9780511323485 9780511054419 PB - Cambridge: Cambridge university press, DB - UniCat KW - Primates KW - Social evolution in animals. KW - Social behavior in animals KW - Quadrumana KW - Mammals KW - Behavior. KW - Ecology. KW - Evolution. KW - Social evolution in animals KW - Evolution KW - Ecology KW - Behavior KW - Primates - Evolution KW - Primates - Ecology KW - Primates - Behavior UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:77901075 AB - Comparative studies have become both more frequent and more important as a means for understanding the biology, behaviour and evolution of mammals. Primates have complex social relationships and diverse ecologies, and represent a large species radiation. This book draws together a wide range of experts from fields as diverse as reproductive biology and foraging energetics to place recent field research into a synthetic perspective. The chapters tackle controversial issues in primate biology and behaviour, including the role of brain expansion and infanticide in the evolution of primate behavioural strategies. The book also presents an overview of comparative methodologies as applied to recent primate research which will provide new approaches to comparative research. It will be of particular interest to primatologists, behavioural ecologists and those interested in the evolution of human social behaviour. ER -