Overview
- Comprehensive academic volume on the charismatic but threatened woolly monkey
- Analyzes four recently reclassified taxa of woolly monkeys
- Offers new ecological, behavioral and phylogenetic information from 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 (16 chapters)
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Front Matter
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Introduction
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Systematics and Taxonomy
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Ex Situ Research
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In Situ Ecology and Behavior
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About this book
The editors draw together a number of recent woolly monkey studies from three Amazonian countries, including five taxa of woolly monkeys, four of which have recently been reclassified without using new biological criteria as species rather than subspecies (Groves, 2001, 2005; Rylands & Mittermeier, 2009). This volume provides a diversity of studies by well-known researchers and advanced students on a wide range of subjects using newly generated data, including a criticism of the recent taxonomic changes. The varied information contained within The Woolly Monkey: Behavior, Ecology, Systematics and Captive Research will help readers understand these handsome animals and will, we hope, energize them to contribute to their conservation.
Reviews
“This is the first volume devoted to the study of woolly monkey systematics, ecology, behavior, and conservation. Defler (National Univ. of Colombia) and Stevenson (Univ. of the Andes) have assembled a series of contributions by leading primatologists that provide an excellent overview of the current knowledge of the species. … Overall, this volume is a critical resource for students and scholars with a serious interest in New World primates. Summing Up: Essential. Primatology collections serving upper-division undergraduates and above.” (T. Harrison, Choice, Vol. 52 (8), April, 2015)
Editors and Affiliations
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: The Woolly Monkey
Book Subtitle: Behavior, Ecology, Systematics, and Captive Research
Editors: Thomas R. Defler, Pablo R. Stevenson
Series Title: Developments in Primatology: Progress and Prospects
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4939-0697-0
Publisher: Springer New York, NY
eBook Packages: Biomedical and Life Sciences, Biomedical and Life Sciences (R0)
Copyright Information: Springer New York 2014
Hardcover ISBN: 978-1-4939-0696-3Published: 28 May 2014
Softcover ISBN: 978-1-4939-5219-9Published: 03 September 2016
eBook ISBN: 978-1-4939-0697-0Published: 27 May 2014
Series ISSN: 1574-3489
Series E-ISSN: 1574-3497
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: X, 302
Number of Illustrations: 37 b/w illustrations, 33 illustrations in colour
Topics: Evolutionary Biology, Animal Ecology, Conservation Biology/Ecology, Behavioral Sciences