Evolutionary Biology and Conservation of Titis, Sakis and Uacaris (eBook, ePUB)

Redaktion: Veiga, Liza M.

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Produktbeschreibung

The neotropical primate family Pitheciidae consists of four genera Cacajao (uacaris), Callicebus (titis), Chiropotes (bearded sakis) and Pithecia (sakis), whose 40+ species display a range of sizes, social organisations, ecologies and habitats. Few are well known and the future survival of many is threatened, yet pitheciines have been little studied. This book is the first to review the biology of this fascinating and diverse group in full. It includes fossil history, reviews of the biology of each genus and, among others, specific treatments of vocalisations and foraging ecology. These studies are integrated into considerations of current status and future conservation requirements on a country-by-country basis for each species. A state-of-the-art summary of current knowledge, Evolutionary Biology and Conservation of Titis, Sakis and Uacaris is a collective effort from all the major researchers currently working on these remarkable animals.

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• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Erscheinungstermin: 11. April 2013
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781107357181
• Artikelnr.: 52825554

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.