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The Primate Anthology Essays on Primate Behavior, Ecology and Conservation from Natural History

by: Ciochon, Russell L.; Nisbett, Richard A.

The Primate Anthology Essays on Primate Behavior, Ecology and Conservation from Natural History

by: Ciochon, Russell L.; Nisbett, Richard A.

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9780136138457
ISBN 10:
0136138454
Edition: 1st
Format: Paperback
Copyright: 10/02/1997
Publisher: Pearson

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Offers a multi-disciplinary and cross-disciplinary perspective.this anthology offers a collection of 33 readings on primate behavior, ecology, and conservation originally published inNatural History Magazine.

Foreword

vii

(2)

Karen Strier

Preface

(4)

Russell Ciochon

Richard Nisbett

The Authors and the Artist

xiii

(2)

The Contributors

(4)

Backdrop

xix

Richard Nisbett

Russell Ciochon

Part I: SOCIAL BEHAVIOR, COGNITION, AND INTELLIGENCE

Introduction

(88)

Richard Nisbett

Russell Ciochon

Dawn Starin

1 Monkey Moves

(6)

Peter Veit

2 Gorilla Society

(7)

Joan Luft

Jeanne Altmann

3 Mother Baboon

(9)

Carolyn Crockett

4 Family Feuds

(8)

Barbara Smuts

5 What Are Friends For?

(8)

Sarah Blaffer-Hrdy

6 Daughters or Sons

(12)

Meredith Small

7 Ms. Monkey

(4)

Dorothy Cheney

Robert Seyfarth

8 In the Minds of Monkeys

(6)

Takayoshi Kano

9 The Bonobos' Peaceable Kingdom

(8)

Christophe Boesch

Hedwige Boesch Acherman

10 Dim Forest, Bright Chimps

(6)

Jeanne Altmann

11 Leading Ladies

(4)

Craig Stanford

12 To Catch a Colobus

(5)

Part II: COMMUNITY ECOLOGY

Introduction

(44)

Richard Nisbett

Russell Ciochon

Katherine Homewood

13 Monkey on a Riverbank

(6)

Robert Harding

Shirley Strum

14 The Predatory Baboons of Kekopey

(7)

Randall Susman

15 Acrobatic Pygmy Chimpanzees

106

(7)

Richard Byrne

Jennifer Byrne

16 Leopard Killers of Mahale

113

(6)

Lysa Leland

Thomas Struhsaker

17 Teamwork Tactics

119

(5)

Dawn Starin

18 The Kindness of Strangers

124

(4)

Lynne Isbell

19 The Vervet's Year of Doom

128

(5)

Part III: DIET AND REPRODUCTION

Introduction

133

(60)

Richard Nisbett

Russell Ciochon

Robert Martin

20 Strategies of Reproduction

141

(5)

Kenneth Glander

21 Poison in the Monkey's Garden of Eden

146

(7)

Charles Janson

22 Capuchin Counterpoint

153

(8)

Jose Marcio Ayres

23 Scarlet Faces of the Amazon

161

(7)

Stephen Ferrari

24 Diet for a Small Primate

168

(6)

Sue Boinski

25 Monkeys with Inflated Sex Appeal

174

(6)

Karen Strier

26 Menu for a Monkey

180

(7)

Patricia Wright

27 Night Watch on the Amazon

187

(6)

Part IV: HUMAN-NONHUMAN PRIMATE INTERACTION AND CONSERVATION

Introduction

193

(42)

Richard Nisbett

Russell Ciochon

Jaclyn Wolfheim

28 The Perils of Primates

198

(7)

Robert Martin

Simon Bearder

29 Radio Bush Baby

205

(6)

Charles Southwick

Farooq Siddiqi

30 The Rhesus Monkey's Fall from Grace

211

(8)

Patricia Wright

31 Lemurs Lost and Found

219

(6)

Meredith Small

32 Macaque See, Macaque Do

225

(5)

Simon Bearder

33 Calls of the Wild

230

(5)

Credits for Photographs

235

(2)

Credits for Illustrations

237

(2)

Index

239

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The Primate Anthology Essays on Primate Behavior, Ecology and Conservation from Natural History

The Primate Anthology Essays on Primate Behavior, Ecology and Conservation from Natural History

9780136138457

0136138454

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