Overview
- First collection of chapters on diverse primate long-term field studies
- Covers projects on all major primate radiations
- Features new data along with insights that were only possible because of the long-term nature of the study
- Includes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras
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Table of contents (20 chapters)
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Front Matter
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Introduction
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Madagascar
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America
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Africa
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About this book
Some primate field studies have been on-going for decades, covering significant portions of individual life cycles or even multiple generations. In this volume, leading field workers report on the history and infrastructure of their projects in Madagascar, Africa, Asia and South America. More importantly, they provide summaries of their long-term research efforts on primate behaviour, ecology and life history, highlighting insights that were only possible because of the long-term nature of the study. The chapters of this volume collectively outline the many scientific reasons for studying primate behaviour, ecology and demography over multiple generations. This kind of research is typically necessitated by the relatively slow life histories of primates. Moreover, a complete understanding of social organization and behaviour, factors often influenced by rare but important events, requires long-term data collection. Finally, long-term field projects are also becoming increasingly important foci of local conservation activities.
Editors and Affiliations
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Long-Term Field Studies of Primates
Editors: Peter M. Kappeler, David P. Watts
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-22514-7
Publisher: Springer Berlin, Heidelberg
eBook Packages: Biomedical and Life Sciences, Biomedical and Life Sciences (R0)
Copyright Information: Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg 2012
Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-642-22513-0Published: 07 January 2012
Softcover ISBN: 978-3-642-43558-4Published: 23 February 2014
eBook ISBN: 978-3-642-22514-7Published: 06 January 2012
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XX, 464
Topics: Behavioral Sciences, Animal Ecology, Evolutionary Biology, Conservation Biology/Ecology