For upper-level and/or graduate level Primatology or Biological Anthropology courses. Socioecology of Adult Female Patas Monkeys and Vervet in Kenya, East Africa provides students with a glimpse into a research project from start to finish. It discusses basic issues of studying primates and explores one of the major theories that has defined primatology for several decades. This text not only contributes detail on primate behavior, but also on the ecological variables that influence primate behavior. These are often difficult to measure, but the unique environment at the study site enabled the…mehr
For upper-level and/or graduate level Primatology or Biological Anthropology courses. Socioecology of Adult Female Patas Monkeys and Vervet in Kenya, East Africa provides students with a glimpse into a research project from start to finish. It discusses basic issues of studying primates and explores one of the major theories that has defined primatology for several decades. This text not only contributes detail on primate behavior, but also on the ecological variables that influence primate behavior. These are often difficult to measure, but the unique environment at the study site enabled the author to address questions that are much more difficult to answer elsewhere.Hinweis: Dieser Artikel kann nur an eine deutsche Lieferadresse ausgeliefert werden.
Dr. Jill Pruetz is Assistant Professor of Anthropology at Iowa State University, specializing in Biological Anthropology. As a primatologist, Dr. Pruetz has studied the behavior of non-human primates such as chimpanzees, spider monkeys, howling monkeys, tamarins, patas monkeys, and vervets in various locales. Countries in which she has conducted fieldwork include Peru, Costa Rica, Nicaragua, Kenya, and Senegal. Dr. Pruetz is especially interested in the influence of ecology on primate and early human feeding, ranging, and social behavior. She currently has a research project in southeastern Senegal which has been funded by National Geographic Society and the National Science Foundation.
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CH. 1: The Research Question Study species - Vervets and patas monkeys Questions and hypotheses Socioecological theory - Food resources and primate behavior Scramble and contest competition Social dominance Models of female social relationships Testing the models on Segera: A natural ecological experiment Holding habitat constant Other factors affecting female social behavior Project goals revisited Study groups Study subjects CH. 2. Measuring primate behavior and ecology "Measuring" ecology Measuring food availability Commonly used methods Primates' perceptions of the foods available to them Clumped resources and contest competition CH. 3: Foods available to vervet and patas monkeys Hypotheses and predictions Defining a food patch Measuring food availability Large-scale food availability Methods Results Small-scale food availability Methods Results Swollen thorn foods Foods in the riverine habitat Herbaceous level food availability Food availability on Segera CH. 4: Feeding behavior of vervets and patas monkeys Studying the feeding behavior of sympatric species Vervets and patas monkeys: Expected differences and similarities Whistling-thorn Acacia: Why focus on one food species? Feeding behavior Continuous sampling Bout sampling Rank-related differences in feeding behavior Patch depletion Monkeys, Acacia, and ants Species differences Within-species differences according to rank CH. 5: Contest competition and dominance in vervets The concept of dominance Testing hypotheses Results: Contest competition and dominance in vervets Dominance patterns and feeding competition in vervets The significance of dominance to vervets Dominance style in Segera vervets "Typical" cercopithecines? Why a stable, linear dominance hierarchy on Segera? CH. 6: Comparing vervet and patas monkeys in the same habitat. Questions and Predictions Agonistic and dominance behavior Food contestability in vervets and patas monkeys Dominance in adult females Feeding competition and whistling-thorn foods Significance of feeding competition to vervet and patas monkeys CH. 7: Food availability, feeding competition and dominance in vervet and patas monkeys. Female contest competition and dominance in vervets and patas monkeys on Segera How do the models rate? Summary and implications for future research
CH. 1: The Research Question Study species - Vervets and patas monkeys Questions and hypotheses Socioecological theory - Food resources and primate behavior Scramble and contest competition Social dominance Models of female social relationships Testing the models on Segera: A natural ecological experiment Holding habitat constant Other factors affecting female social behavior Project goals revisited Study groups Study subjects CH. 2. Measuring primate behavior and ecology "Measuring" ecology Measuring food availability Commonly used methods Primates' perceptions of the foods available to them Clumped resources and contest competition CH. 3: Foods available to vervet and patas monkeys Hypotheses and predictions Defining a food patch Measuring food availability Large-scale food availability Methods Results Small-scale food availability Methods Results Swollen thorn foods Foods in the riverine habitat Herbaceous level food availability Food availability on Segera CH. 4: Feeding behavior of vervets and patas monkeys Studying the feeding behavior of sympatric species Vervets and patas monkeys: Expected differences and similarities Whistling-thorn Acacia: Why focus on one food species? Feeding behavior Continuous sampling Bout sampling Rank-related differences in feeding behavior Patch depletion Monkeys, Acacia, and ants Species differences Within-species differences according to rank CH. 5: Contest competition and dominance in vervets The concept of dominance Testing hypotheses Results: Contest competition and dominance in vervets Dominance patterns and feeding competition in vervets The significance of dominance to vervets Dominance style in Segera vervets "Typical" cercopithecines? Why a stable, linear dominance hierarchy on Segera? CH. 6: Comparing vervet and patas monkeys in the same habitat. Questions and Predictions Agonistic and dominance behavior Food contestability in vervets and patas monkeys Dominance in adult females Feeding competition and whistling-thorn foods Significance of feeding competition to vervet and patas monkeys CH. 7: Food availability, feeding competition and dominance in vervet and patas monkeys. Female contest competition and dominance in vervets and patas monkeys on Segera How do the models rate? Summary and implications for future research
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