Feeding Ecology in Apes and Other Primates

Herausgeber: Boesch, Christophe; Robbins, Martha M.; Hohmann, Gottfried

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Produktbeschreibung

This book presents an evolutionary perspective on feeding behaviour in human and non-human primates.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Seitenzahl: 540
• Erscheinungstermin: 13. April 2012
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 229mm x 152mm x 29mm
• Gewicht: 773g
• ISBN-13: 9781107406001
• ISBN-10: 1107406005
• Artikelnr.: 35899591

Inhaltsangabe

Preface; Introduction: Primate feeding ecology: an integrative approach
Martha M. Robbins and Gottfried Hohmann; Part I. Field Studies:
Introduction Peter S. Rodman; 1. Variability of the feeding ecology of
eastern gorillas Martha M. Robbins, John Bosco Nkurunungi and Alastair
McNeilage; 2. Sympatric western gorilla and mangabey diet: reexamination of
ape and monkey foraging strategies Diane M. Doran-Sheehy, Natasha F. Shah
and Lisa A. Heimbauer; 3. Effects of fruit scarcity on foraging strategies
of sympatric gorillas and chimpanzees Juichi Yamagiwa and Augustin Kanyunyi
Basabose; 4. Chimpanzee feeding ecology and comparisons with sympatric
gorillas in the Goualougo Triangle, Republic of Congo David Morgan and
Crickette Sanz; 5. Frugivory and gregariousness of Salonga bonobos and
Gashaka chimpanzees: the abundance and nutritional quality of fruit
Gottfried Hohmann, Andrew Fowler, Volker Sommer and Sylvia Ortmann; 6.
Feeding ecology of savanna chimpanzees (Pan troglodytes verus) at Fongoli,
Senegal Jill D. Pruetz; 7. Food choice in Taï chimpanzees: are cultural
differences present? Christophe Boesch, Zoro Bertin Goné Bi, Dean Anderson
and Daniel Stahl; 8. The effects of food size, rarity, and processing
complexity on white-faced capuchins' visual attention to foraging
conspecifics Susan Perry and Juan Carlos Ordoñez Jiménez; Part II. Testing
Theories: Introduction Richard W. Wrangham; 9. Primate foraging
adaptations: two research strategies Stuart A. Altmann; 10. The predictive
power of socioecological models: a reconsideration of resource
characteristics, agonism, and dominance hierarchies Andreas Koenig and
Carola Borries; 11. Hunger and aggression in capuchin monkeys Charles
Janson and Erin Vogel; 12. How does food availability limit the population
density of white-bearded gibbons? Andrew J. Marshall and Mark Leighton; 13.
Influence of fruit availability on Sumatran orangutan sociality and
reproduction Serge A. Wich, Martine L. Geurts, Tatang Mitra Setia and Sri
Suci Utami-Atmoko; 14. Central place provisioning: the Hadza as an example
Frank W. Marlowe; Part III. Analyzing nutritional ecology: Introduction
Katharine Milton; 15. Estimating the quality and composition of wild animal
diets - a critical survey of methods Sylvia Ortmann, Brenda J. Bradley,
Caroline Stolter and Jörg U. Ganzhorn; 16. The possible application of
novel marker methods for estimating dietary intake and nutritive value in
primates Robert W. Mayes; 17. Energy intake by wild chimpanzees and
orangutans: methodological considerations and a preliminary comparison
Nancy Lou Conklin-Brittain, Cheryl D. Knott and Richard W. Wrangham; 18.
The role of sugar in diet selection in redtail and red colobus monkeys Lisa
Danish, Colin A. Chapman, Mary Beth Hall, Karyn D. Rode and Cedric
O'Driscoll Worman; 19. Primate sensory systems and foraging behavior
Nathaniel J. Dominy, Peter W. Lucas and Nur Supardi Noor.