Primate Behavior (eBook)

Developments in Field and Laboratory Research

Leonard A. Rosenblum (Herausgeber)

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2013 | 1. Auflage
420 Seiten
Elsevier Science (Verlag)
978-1-4832-7183-5 (ISBN)

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Primate Behavior: Developments in Field and Laboratory Research, Volume 4 examines developments in field and laboratory research on primate behavior. Topics range from facial expressions in nonhuman primates to the behavior and malnutrition in the rhesus monkey. The population structure and dynamics of the Borneo orang-utan in relation to its ecology and reproductive strategy are also discussed, along with the social organization of Macaca fascicularis. Comprised of six chapters, this volume begins by discussing a field study that uses sound analysis to investigate the link between vocal pattern and social situation in the Japanese monkey (Macaca fuscata). The next chapter focuses on one particular and very important means of visual communication in nonhuman primates: facial expressions. The behavior of marmoset monkeys (Callithricidae) is then considered, with emphasis on their social structure and social organization as well as patterns of social and sexual communication. The remaining chapters explore feeding behavior and malnutrition in the rhesus monkey; the population structure and dynamics of the Borneo orang-utan in relation to its ecology and reproductive strategy; and the social organization and intergroup behavior of Macaca fascicularis. This book should be of interest to biologists and primatologists.

Inhalt

Front Cover 1
Primate Behavior: Developments in Field and Laboratory Research 4
Copyright Page 5
Table of Contents 6
List of Contributors 10
Contents of Previous Volumes 12
Chapter 1. Variation of Vocal Pattern with Social Situation in the Japanese Monkey (Macaca fuscata): A Field Study 14
I. Introduction 15
II. Procedures and Methods 17
III. The Repertoire 22
IV. Results and Hypotheses 71
V. Discussion 96
VI. Speculations: Articulated Sounds and the Antecedents of Speech 108
References 112
Chapter 2. Facial Expressions in Nonhuman Primates 116
I. Sense Modalities 117
II. Nonhuman Primate Facial Expressions 122
III. Developmental Trends 175
IV. Experimental Data 184
V. Conclusion 189
References 195
Chapter 3. The Behavior of Marmoset Monkeys (Callithricidae) 208
I. Introduction 208
II. Taxonomy and Distribution 210
III. Social Structure and Social Organization 213
IV. Patterns of Social and Sexual Communication 225
References 246
Chapter 4. Behavior and Malnutrition in the Rhesus Monkey 254
I. Introduction 254
II. Primate Feeding Behavior and Nutrition 259
III. An Experimental Program in Protein Malnutrition 266
IV. Changes in Behavior Resulting from Protein Malnutrition 279
V. Summary 310
References 312
Chapter 5. The Borneo Orang-Utan: Population Structure and Dynamics in Relationship to Ecology and Reproductive Strategy 320
I. The Study 320
II. Population Structure and Ecology 321
III. Interpretation 329
IV. Concomitant Behavior Patterns 333
V. Summary 334
References 335
Chapter 6. Basic Data and Concepts on the Social Organization of Macaca fascicularis 338
I. Introduction 338
II. Group Composition 341
III. Social Organization 351
IV. Intergroup Behavior 385
V. Comparison of Macaca fascicularis with Other Macaques 388
VI. Summary 398
References 399
Author Index 402
Subject Index 410

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 24.9.2013
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Natur / Technik ► Naturführer
• Themenwelt: Naturwissenschaften ► Biologie ► Zoologie
• Themenwelt: Technik
• ISBN-10: 1-4832-7183-8 / 1483271838
• ISBN-13: 978-1-4832-7183-5 / 9781483271835