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The evolution of exudativory in primates
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ISBN: 1441966609 9786612979583 1441966617 1282979582 Year: 2010 Publisher: New York : Springer,

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The Evolution of Exudativory in Primates is the first edited volume to offer a comprehensive overview of this rare dietary niche in the primate order. Leading researchers in the field of primatology synthesize our current knowledge of the behavioral, socioecological, nutritional, morphological, and evolutionary aspects of exudate-feeding in primates. The Evolution of Exudativory in Primates covers exudate-feeding in callitrichines, callimicos, mouse lemurs, lorises, and galagos. Advances in our understanding of how these animals obtain their food and digest it, how this food resource affects social relationships, and how morphology is related to exudate-feeding are presented in subsequent essays. The final chapter synthesizes current data on what role exudate-feeding may have played in the earliest primates, the plesiadapiforms, and what exudate-feeding signals may be present in the fossil record. Ideal for upper-level undergraduate and graduate primatology courses, The Evolution of Exudativory in Primates can also be used for courses in biology, comparative mammalogy, and conservation. About the Editors: ANNE M. BURROWS is an Associate Professor in the Department of Physical Therapy at Duquesne University and a Research Associate Professor in the Department of Anthropology at the University of Pittsburgh. She has worked on the functional and evolutionary morphology of the primate craniofacial complex with a focus on strepsirrhines. LEANNE T. NASH is a Professor of Anthropology in the School of Human Evolution and Social Change at Arizona State University. She has worked extensively with a captive colony of Galago senegalensis held previously at ASU for 20 years. She has also done fieldwork in Africa and Madagascar on baboons, galagos, and sportive lemurs. Other collaborations have been on captive chimpanzee behavior with the Primate Foundation of Arizona.

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Cheirogaleidae -- Food. --- Galagos -- Food. --- Gums and resins. --- Lorises -- Food. --- Mouse lemurs -- Food. --- Plant exudates. --- Primates -- Behavior -- Evolution. --- Primates -- Food. --- Primates --- Gums and resins --- Plant exudates --- Cheirogaleidae --- Lorises --- Mouse lemurs --- Galagos --- Mammals --- Earth Sciences --- Strepsirhini --- Nutritional Physiological Phenomena --- Biology --- Natural Science Disciplines --- Vertebrates --- Biological Science Disciplines --- Physiological Phenomena --- Lorisidae --- Ecology --- Animal Nutritional Physiological Phenomena --- Disciplines and Occupations --- Phenomena and Processes --- Chordata --- Animals --- Eukaryota --- Organisms --- Zoology --- Health & Biological Sciences --- Evolution --- Food --- Behavior --- Food. --- Quadrumana --- Bush babies --- Bushbabies --- Galagidae --- Galaginae --- Galagonidae --- Loridae --- Microcebus --- Life sciences. --- Ecology. --- Evolutionary biology. --- Zoology. --- Animal anatomy. --- Anthropology. --- Life Sciences. --- Evolutionary Biology. --- Animal Anatomy / Morphology / Histology. --- Prosimians --- Lemurs --- Evolution (Biology). --- Morphology (Animals). --- Animal morphology --- Body form in animals --- Morphology --- Balance of nature --- Bionomics --- Ecological processes --- Ecological science --- Ecological sciences --- Environment --- Environmental biology --- Oecology --- Environmental sciences --- Population biology --- Natural history --- Human beings --- Animal evolution --- Biological evolution --- Darwinism --- Evolutionary biology --- Evolutionary science --- Origin of species --- Biological fitness --- Homoplasy --- Natural selection --- Phylogeny --- Ecology . --- Animal anatomy --- Physiology --- Anatomy --- Primitive societies --- Social sciences


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Leaping ahead : advances in prosimian biology
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ISBN: 1461445108 1461445116 1489999485 Year: 2013 Publisher: New York : Springer,

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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 ecophysiology, cognition, behavioral and sensory ecology, to the conservation and survival prospects of this extraordinary and diverse group of mammals. The book highlights the passion prosimian researchers feel for their study subjects and with their deep concern for the future of prosimians in the face of ongoing habitat destruction and the burgeoning threat of bushmeat hunting. Chapters for this volume were contributed by researchers from across the globe; they attest to the diversity, vibrancy and rapid growth of prosimian biology, and to the intellectual advances that have revolutionized this field in recent years. Since its earliest beginnings, prosimian research and its resultant literature have had a strong francophone component, and researchers in many prosimian habitat countries are more comfortable reading and writing in French rather than English. French summaries of all chapters have been included. The volume is targeted at researchers, both those entering the field and established scientists, who have an interest in the biology of primates and small mammals. It is also aimed at conservation biologists seeking a deeper understanding of the faunas and conservation developments in Africa, Madagascar and Southeast Asia, and anyone who has an interest in discovering the true diversity of our order, the Primates.    .

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Nocturnal animals -- Congresses. --- Prosimians -- Congresses. --- Prosimians. --- Prosimians --- Zoology --- Health & Biological Sciences --- Zoology - General --- Vertebrates --- Wildlife conservation. --- Animal conservation --- Animals --- Conservation of wildlife --- Preservation of wildlife --- Protection of wildlife --- Species conservation --- Species preservation --- Species protection --- Wildlife preservation --- Wildlife protection --- Wildlife resources conservation --- Wildlife resources preservation --- Wildlife resources protection --- Lower primates --- Prosimian primates --- Prosimii --- Strepsirhini --- Conservation --- Life sciences. --- Animal ecology. --- Conservation biology. --- Ecology. --- Zoology. --- Animal physiology. --- Life Sciences. --- Animal Ecology. --- Conservation Biology/Ecology. --- Animal Systematics/Taxonomy/Biogeography. --- Animal Physiology. --- Conservation of natural resources --- Nature conservation --- Endangered species --- Wildlife management --- Primates --- Animal physiology --- Biology --- Anatomy --- Ecology --- Natural history --- Physiology --- Ecology . --- Animal systematics. --- Animal taxonomy. --- Animal classification --- Animal systematics --- Animal taxonomy --- Classification --- Systematic zoology --- Systematics (Zoology) --- Taxonomy, Animal --- Zoological classification --- Zoological systematics --- Zoological taxonomy --- Balance of nature --- Bionomics --- Ecological processes --- Ecological science --- Ecological sciences --- Environment --- Environmental biology --- Oecology --- Environmental sciences --- Population biology

Primate anti-predator strategies
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ISBN: 128090139X 9786610901395 0387348107 0387348077 1441941908 Year: 2007 Publisher: New York ; Oxford : Springer,

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Since the 1960s, primatologists have recognized the impact of predation on the evolution of morphology, the social systems and cognitive behavior of monkeys and apes, but few studies considered its impact on the prosimians - lemurs, lorises, galagos and tarsiers. This comprehensive volume, written by experts in the field, narrows this gap by highlighting the effect of predation on the order Primates in general. Theoretical approaches to understanding how primates perceive predation threat, as well as proximate and ultimate causes to address threat and attack, are considered across the primate order. Although this volume concentrates on the least known group in this theoretical area - the prosimians - contributions by researchers on numerous primate taxa across four major geographical regions make this a novel and exciting contribution to students interested in primate evolution and ecology.

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Life sciences. --- Behavioral sciences. --- Developmental biology. --- Ecology. --- Zoology. --- Anthropology. --- Life Sciences. --- Behavioral Sciences. --- Developmental Biology. --- Human beings --- Biology --- Natural history --- Animals --- Balance of nature --- Bionomics --- Ecological processes --- Ecological science --- Ecological sciences --- Environment --- Environmental biology --- Oecology --- Environmental sciences --- Population biology --- Development (Biology) --- Growth --- Ontogeny --- Biosciences --- Sciences, Life --- Science --- Ecology --- Prosimians --- Patas monkey --- Howler monkeys --- Cercopithecus aethiops --- Chacma baboon --- Predation (Biology) --- Effect of predation on. --- Communities, Predator-prey --- Dynamics, Predator-prey --- Interactions, Predator-prey --- Predator-prey communities --- Predator-prey dynamics --- Predator-prey interactions --- Predator-prey relations --- Predator-prey relationships --- Predator-prey systems --- Predators and prey --- Predatory behavior (Biology) --- Predatory-prey relationships --- Prey and predators --- Prey-predator relationships --- Preying (Biology) --- Relations, Predator-prey --- Relationships, Predator-prey --- Systems, Predator-prey --- Animal ecology --- Parasitism --- Chaeropithecus ursinus --- Papio ursinus --- Papio --- Cercopithecus pygerythrus --- Cercopithecus sabaeus --- Cercopithecus tantalus --- Green monkey --- Grivet monkey --- Savanna monkey --- Vervet monkey --- Cercopithecus --- Erythrocebus patas --- Hussar monkey --- Red guenon --- Erythrocebus --- Alouatta --- Howling monkeys --- Atelidae --- Lower primates --- Prosimian primates --- Prosimii --- Strepsirhini --- Primates --- Food --- Animal behavior. --- Animals, Habits and behavior of --- Behavior, Animal --- Ethology --- Animal psychology --- Zoology --- Ethologists --- Psychology, Comparative --- Behavior --- Ecology . --- Primitive societies --- Social sciences

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