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Primate Anti-Predator Strategies

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  • © 2007

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Editors:
  1. Sharon L. Gursky

    1. Department of Anthropology, Texas A&M University, College Station, USA

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  2. K. A. I. Nekaris

    1. School of Social Sciences and Law, Department of Anthropology, Oxford Brookes University, Oxford, UK

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  • A first of its kind within primatology, and is therefore the only work giving a broad overview of predation – nocturnal primate predation theory in particular – in the field
  • Includes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras

Part of the book series: Developments in Primatology: Progress and Prospects (DIPR)

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Table of contents (17 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xxiii
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  2. Predation Theory

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 1-1
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    2. Predation and Primate Cognitive Evolution

      • Klaus Zuberbühler
      Pages 3-26

    3. Predation on Primates: A Biogeographical Analysis

      • D. Hart
      Pages 27-59

  3. Anti-Predator Strategies of Nocturnal Primates

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 61-61
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    2. Primates and Other Prey in the Seasonally Variable Diet of Cryptoprocta ferox in the Dry Deciduous Forest of Western Madagascar

      • Luke Dollar, Jörg U. Ganzhorn, Steven M. Goodman
      Pages 63-76

    3. Predation on Lemurs in the Rainforest of Madagascar by Multiple Predator Species: Observations and Experiments

      • Sarah M. Karpanty, Patricia C. Wright
      Pages 77-99

    4. Predation, Communication, and Cognition in Lemurs

      • Marina Scheumann, Andriatahiana Rabesandratana, Elke Zimmermann
      Pages 100-126

    5. A Consideration of Leaping Locomotion as a Means of Predator Avoidance in Prosimian Primates

      • Robin Huw Crompton, William Irvin Sellers
      Pages 127-145

    6. Anti-Predator Strategies of Cathemeral Primates: Dealing with Predators of the Day and the Night

      • Ian C. Colquhoun
      Pages 146-172

    7. Moonlight and Behavior in Nocturnal and Cathemeral Primates, Especially Lepilemur leucopus: Illuminating Possible Anti-Predator Efforts

      • Leanne T. Nash
      Pages 173-205

    8. A Comparison of Calling Patterns in Two Nocturnal Primates, Otolemur crassicaudatus and Galago moholi as a Guide to Predation Risk

      • Simon K. Bearder
      Pages 206-221

    9. Predator Defense by Slender Lorises and Pottos

      • K. Anne-Isola Nekaris, Elizabeth R. Pimley, Kelly M. Ablard
      Pages 222-240

    10. The Response of Spectral Tarsiers Toward Avian and Terrestrial Predators

      • Sharon L. Gursky
      Pages 241-252

    11. Talking Defensively, a Dual Use for the Brachial Gland Exudate of Slow and Pygmy Lorises

      • Lee R. Hagey, Bryan G. Fry, Helena Fitch-Snyder
      Pages 253-272
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Since the 1960s, primatologists have recognized the impact of predation on the evolution of morphology, the social systems and cognitive behavior of monkeys and apes, but few studies considered its impact on the prosimians - lemurs, lorises, galagos and tarsiers. This comprehensive volume, written by experts in the field, narrows this gap by highlighting the effect of predation on the order Primates in general. Theoretical approaches to understanding how primates perceive predation threat, as well as proximate and ultimate causes to address threat and attack, are considered across the primate order. Although this volume concentrates on the least known group in this theoretical area - the prosimians - contributions by researchers on numerous primate taxa across four major geographical regions make this a novel and exciting contribution to students interested in primate evolution and ecology.

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"This volume concerns itself with the behaviour of primates when confronted with predators or the risk of predation. … Overall, primate predation is certainly an understudied topic in our field. Primates (as prey) need to asses predator risk first by identification of the threat and then implement an appropriate anti-predatory strategy. … The Gursky and Nekaris volume certainly adds to an interesting topic in search of hard empirical data and predictable patterns. I recommend reading this book." (Daniel L. Gebo, Journal of Mammalian Evolution, Vol. 14, 2007)

Editors and Affiliations

  • Department of Anthropology, Texas A&M University, College Station, USA

    Sharon L. Gursky

  • School of Social Sciences and Law, Department of Anthropology, Oxford Brookes University, Oxford, UK

    K. A. I. Nekaris

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