The Monkeys of Stormy Mountain

Herausgeber: Huffman, Michael A.; Vasey, Paul L.; Leca, Jean-Baptiste

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Produktbeschreibung

Reviews the most important topics in current primatology using research on the long-studied Arashiyama population of Japanese macaques.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Seitenzahl: 518
• Erscheinungstermin: 19. Januar 2012
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 235mm x 157mm x 32mm
• Gewicht: 893g
• ISBN-13: 9780521761857
• ISBN-10: 0521761859
• Artikelnr.: 33767600

Inhaltsangabe

List of contributors; Foreword Masao Kawai; Preface; Introduction Michael
A. Huffman, Paul L. Vasey and Jean-Baptiste Leca; Part I. Historical
Perspectives: 1. A brief historical timeline of research on the Arashiyama
macaques Michael A. Huffman, Linda M. Fedigan, Paul L. Vasey and
Jean-Baptiste Leca; 2. In search of the phantom monkeys (originally
published in 1975) Eiji Ohta, translated by Michael A. Huffman; 3.
Arashiyama monkeys in the late 1950s Yukimaru Sugiyama; 4. Touches of
humanity in monkey society (originally published in 1980) Naoki Koyama,
translated by Michael A. Huffman; 5. Fifty years of female macaque
demography at Arashiyama, with special reference to long-lived females (>25
years) Alisa Chalmers, Michael A. Huffman, Naoki Koyama and Yukio Takahata;
Part II. Sexual Behaviour: 6. Long-term trends in the mating relationships
of Japanese macaques at Arashiyama, Japan Michael A. Huffman and Yukio
Takahata; 7. Correlates between ovarian cycle phase and mating season
behaviour in female Japanese macaques (Macaca fuscata) Ann O'Neill; 8.
Factors influencing mating frequency of male Japanese macaques (Macaca
fuscata) at Arashiyama West Katharine M. Jack; 9. Costs and benefits of old
age reproduction in the Arashiyama West female Japanese macaques Mary S. M.
Pavelka and Linda M. Fedigan; 10. Is female homosexual behaviour in
Japanese macaques really sexual? Paul L. Vasey and Doug P. VanderLaan; Box
essay. Male homosexual behaviour in Arashiyama Yuji Takenoshita; 11. A
theoretical model of the development and evolution of non-conceptive
mounting behaviour in Japanese macaques Doug P. VanderLaan, Sergio M.
Pellis and Paul L. Vasey; 12. Male masturbation behaviour of Japanese
macaques in Arashiyama E troop Eiji Inoue; Part III. Cultural Behaviour,
Social Interactions, and Ecology: 13. Thirty years of stone handling
tradition in Arashiyama macaques: implications for cumulative culture and
tool use in non-human primates Jean-Baptiste Leca, Noëlle Gunst and Michael
A. Huffman; 14. Social object play among juvenile Japanese macaques:
comparison between the provisioned Arashiyama troop and the non-provisioned
Kinkazan troop Masaki Shimada; Box essay. Play fighting in Japanese
macaques: a comparative perspective Sergio M. Pellis and Vivien C. Pellis;
Box essay. Eye-covering play in Japanese macaques and orangutans Anne
Russon and Paul L. Vasey; 15. Behavioural sequences involved in grooming
interactions in adult female Japanese macaques: how do participants change
roles and maintain interactions? Mariko Fujimoto; Box essay. Dental
flossing behaviour as a grooming-related innovation by a Japanese macaque
Jean-Baptiste Leca; 16. The impact of kinship, defence cost and priority of
access on food competition in Japanese macaques Patrick Bélisle, Jean
Prud'homme and Constance Dubuc; 17. Plant-food diet of the Arashiyama
Japanese macaques and its potential medicinal value Michael A. Huffman and
Andrew J. J. MacIntosh; Part IV. Management and Education: 18. Birth
control in female Japanese macaques at Iwatayama Monkey Park, Arashiyama
Keiko Shimizu; 19. Importance of the Arashiyama Japanese macaques in
science and environmental education Yuji Takenoshita and Yukiyo Maekawa;
Appendix. Bibliography of publications on the Arashiyama macaques; Index.