Evolutionary Biology and Conservation of Titis, Sakis and Uacaris

Herausgeber: Veiga, Liza M; Norconk, Marilyn A; Ferrari, Stephen F; Barnett, Adrian A

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Produktbeschreibung

The first detailed collation of the evolution, ecology and conservation of some of South America's least-known, and most endangered, primates.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Seitenzahl: 420
• Erscheinungstermin: 27. Mai 2013
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 277mm x 221mm x 25mm
• Gewicht: 1451g
• ISBN-13: 9780521881586
• ISBN-10: 0521881587
• Artikelnr.: 36617734

Inhaltsangabe

Contributor list; Part I. Fossil History, Zoogeography and Taxonomy of the
Pitheciids: 1. Pitheciidae and other Platyrrhine seed predators; 2. The
misbegotten: long lineages, long branches and the interrelationships of
Aotus, Callicebus and the Saki-Uacaris; 3. A molecular phylogeography of
the Uacaris (Cacajao); 4. Taxonomy and geographic distribution of the
Pitheciidae; 5. Zoogeography, genetic variation and conservation of the
Callicebus personatus group; Part II. Comparative Pitheciid Ecology: 6.
Morphological and ecological adaptations to seed predation - a primate-wide
perspective; 7. Pitheciines: use of time and space; 8. Functional
morphology and positional behaviour in the Pitheciini; 9. Male cooperation
in Pitheciines: the reproductive costs and benefits to individuals of
forming large multimale/multifemale groups; 10. Evolutionary ecology of the
pitheciinae: evidence for energetic equivalence or phylogenetically
structured environmental variation?; 11. Competition between Pitheciines
and large Ara macaws, two specialist seed-eaters; 12. On the distribution
of Pitheciine monkeys and Lecythidaceae trees in Amazonia; Part III. Genus
Reviews and Case Studies: 13. Why we know so little: the challenges of
fieldwork on the Pitheciids; 14. Ecology and behaviour of Uacaris (genus
Cacajao); 15. Annual variation in breeding success and changes in
population density of Cacajao calvus ucayalii in the Lago Preto
Conservation Concession, Peru; 16. Cacajao ouakary in Brazil and Colombia:
patterns, puzzles and predictions; 17. Ecology and behaviour of titi
monkeys (genus Callicebus); 18. Costs of foraging in the Southern Bahian
Masked Titi Monkey (Callicebus melanochir); 19. Insectivory and prey
foraging techniques in Callicebus - a case study of Callicebus cupreus and
a comparison to other pitheciids; 20. Seed eating by Callicebus lugens at
Caparú Biological Station, on the lower Apaporis River, Colombian Amazonia;
21. Callicebus in Manu National Park: territory, resources, scent marking
and vocalizations; 23. Feeding ecology of Uta Hick's Bearded Saki
(Chiropotes utahickae) on a man-made island in southeastern Brazilian
Amazonia: seasonal and longitudinal variation; 24. The behavioural ecology
of Northern Bearded Sakis (Chiropotes satanas chiropotes) living in forest
fragments of Central Brazilian Amazonia; 25. Ecology and behaviour of saki
monkeys (genus Pithecia); 26. Finding the balance: optimizing predator
avoidance and food encounters through individual positioning in Pithecia
pithecia during travel; 27. Testing models of social behaviour with regard
to inter- and intra-troop interactions in free-ranging white-faced sakis;
28. Comparative socioecology of sympatric, free-ranging white-faced and
bearded saki monkeys in Suriname: preliminary data; 29. Pair-mate
relationships and parenting in Equatorial Saki Monkeys (Pithecia
aequatorialis) and Red Titi Monkeys (Callicebus discolor) of Ecuador; 30.
Vocal communication in Cacajao, Chiropotes and Pithecia: current knowledge
and future directions; Part IV. Conservation of the Pitheciids: 31. The
Guyana Shield: Venezuela and the Guyanas; 32. Pitheciid conservation in
Ecuador, Colombia, Peru, Bolivia, and Paraguay; 33. Brazil; 34. Pitheciines
in captivity: challenges and opportunities, past, present and future; 35.
The challenge of living in fragments; 36. Communities and Uacaris:
conservation initiatives in Brazil and Peru; Appendix - country factsheets;
Index.