Primate Ecology And Conservation
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Author | : Eleanor Sterling |
Publisher | : Oxford University Press, USA |
Total Pages | : 442 |
Release | : 2013-04-04 |
Genre | : Science |
ISBN | : 0199659443 |
This practical volume brings together a group of distinguished primate researchers to synthesise field, laboratory, and conservation management techniques for primate ecology and conservation.
Author | : International Primatological Society. Congress |
Publisher | : CUP Archive |
Total Pages | : 420 |
Release | : 1986-08-21 |
Genre | : Nature |
ISBN | : 9780521310123 |
The survival of primates in their natural habitats is of growing concern to primatologists, ecologists and conservationists. In this volume, research on feeding behaviour, nutrition and digestive physiology from captive and wild primates is presented. Correlates of the habitat and social organisation are discussed, and then integrated with the pressing problem of how to conserve primates. Broad issues of confrontation between human and non-human primate populations are considered in the light of conflicting priorities for land-use and development. The increased knowledge of what primates require for their survival is applied to problems of captive propagation as a means of reducing dependence on exploiting wild populations. The papers presented in this volume will stimulate discussion between ecologists, conservationists and those concerned with land-use management to establish realistic policies for primate conservation.
Author | : Guy Cowlishaw |
Publisher | : University of Chicago Press |
Total Pages | : 511 |
Release | : 2021-08-17 |
Genre | : Science |
ISBN | : 022682117X |
From the snub-nosed monkeys of China to the mountain gorillas of central Africa, our closest nonhuman relatives are in critical danger worldwide. A recent report, for example, warns that nearly 20 percent of the world's primates may go extinct within the next ten or twenty years. In this book Guy Cowlishaw and Robin Dunbar integrate cutting-edge theoretical advances with practical management priorities to give scientists and policymakers the tools they need to help keep these species from disappearing forever. Primate Conservation Biology begins with detailed overviews of the diversity, life history, ecology, and behavior of primates and the ways these factors influence primate abundance and distribution. Cowlishaw and Dunbar then discuss the factors that put primates at the greatest risk of extinction, especially habitat disturbance and hunting. The remaining chapters present a comprehensive review of conservation strategies and management practices, highlighting the key issues that must be addressed to protect primates for the future.
Author | : Laura K. Marsh |
Publisher | : Springer Science & Business Media |
Total Pages | : 408 |
Release | : 2013-06-29 |
Genre | : Social Science |
ISBN | : 147573770X |
This volume was created initially from a symposium of the same name presented at the International Primatological Society's XVIII Congress in Adelaide. South Australia. 6-12 January 2000. Many of the authors who have contributed to this text could not attend the symposium. so this has become another vehicle for the rapidly growing discipline of Fragmentation Science among primatologists. Fragmentation has quickly become a field separate from general ecology. which underscores the severity of the situation since we as a planet are rapidly losing habitat of all types to human disturbance. Getting ecologists. particularly primatologists. to admit that they study in fragments is not easy. In the field of primatology. one studies many things. but rarely do those things (genetics. behavior. population dynamics) get called out as studies in fragmentation. For some reason "fragmentation primatologists" fear that our work is somehow "not as good" as those who study in continuous habitat. We worry that perhaps our subjects are not demonstrating as robust behaviors as they "should" given fragmented or disturbed habitat conditions. I had a colleague openly state that she did not work in fragmented forests. that she merely studied behavior when it was clear that her study sites. everyone of them. was isolated habitat. Our desire to be just another link in the data chain for wild primates is so strong that it makes us deny what kinds of habitats we are working in. However.
Author | : Katarzyna Nowak |
Publisher | : Cambridge University Press |
Total Pages | : 481 |
Release | : 2019-01-03 |
Genre | : Nature |
ISBN | : 1107134315 |
A ground breaking study of primates that live in flooded habitats around the world.
Author | : Paul A. Garber |
Publisher | : Springer Science & Business Media |
Total Pages | : 565 |
Release | : 2008-11-13 |
Genre | : Science |
ISBN | : 0387787054 |
This will be the first time a volume will be compiled focusing on South American monkeys as models to address and test critical issues in the study of nonhuman primates. In addition, the volume will serve an important compliment to the book on Mesoamerican primates recently published in the series under the DIPR book series. The book will be of interest to a broad range of scientists in various disciplines, ranging from primatology, to animal behavior, animal ecology, conservation biology, veterinary science, animal husbandry, anthropology, and natural resource management. Moreover, although the volume will highlight South American primates, chapters will not simply review particular taxa or topics. Rather the focus of each chapter is to examine the nature and range of primate responses to changes in their ecological and social environments, and to use data on South American monkeys to address critical theoretical questions in the study of primate behavior, ecology, and conservation. Thus, we anticipate that the volume will be widely read by a broad range of students and researchers interested in prosimians, New World monkeys, Old World monkeys, apes, humans, as well as animal behavior and tropical biology.
Author | : Karen B. Strier |
Publisher | : Routledge |
Total Pages | : 409 |
Release | : 2015-07-22 |
Genre | : Science |
ISBN | : 1317345207 |
Primate Behavioral Ecology, described as “an engaging, cutting-edge exposition,” incorporates exciting new discoveries and the most up-to-date approaches in its introduction to the field and its applications of behavioral ecology to primate conservation. This unique, comprehensive, single-authored text integrates the basics of evolutionary, ecological, and demographic perspectives with contemporary noninvasive molecular and hormonal techniques to understand how different primates behave and the significance of these insights for primate conservation. Examples are drawn from the “classic” primate field studies and more recent studies on previously neglected species from across the primate order, illustrating the vast behavioral variation that we now know exists and the gaps in our knowledge that future studies will fill.
Author | : Alison M. Behie |
Publisher | : Cambridge University Press |
Total Pages | : 313 |
Release | : 2019-01-31 |
Genre | : Nature |
ISBN | : 110715748X |
Combining personal stories of motivation with new research this book offers a holistic picture of primate conservation in the Anthropocene.
Author | : Serge A. Wich |
Publisher | : Oxford University Press |
Total Pages | : 318 |
Release | : 2016 |
Genre | : Nature |
ISBN | : 0198703384 |
This book provides a comprehensive and state-of-the-art synthesis of research principles and applied management practices for primate conservation.
Author | : Eleanor Sterling |
Publisher | : OUP Oxford |
Total Pages | : 442 |
Release | : 2013-04-04 |
Genre | : Science |
ISBN | : 0191662445 |
The study of primate ecology and conservation has advanced rapidly in recent years. This practical volume brings together a group of distinguished primate researchers to synthesize field, laboratory, and conservation management techniques for primate ecology and conservation. The synthesis focuses on new and emerging field methods alongside a comprehensive presentation of laboratory and data analysis techniques, as well as the latest methods for determining conservation status and conservation management. This book's particular focus is on innovative ways to study primates in a changing world, including emerging methods such as non-invasive genetic techniques and advanced spatial modeling. In addition to synthesizing field and lab methods, the authors also discuss data interpretation, as well as important guiding questions and principles for students and researchers to consider as they plan research projects in primate ecology and conservation such as: how to choose a field site, acquire research permits, connect with local authorities, communities and researchers, and many other considerations. Although three chapters are dedicated to conservation methods, consideration of conservation status and threats to primate populations are considered throughout this volume where appropriate. This latest publication in the Techniques in Ecology and Conservation Series aims to provide a practical empirical reference text with an international scope, appropriate for graduate students, researchers, and conservation professionals across the globe.