Primate Behavioral Ecology (Paperback, 4)

1. Introduction to Primate Studies.
Primates as Study Subjects.
Descriptive Studies.
Box 1.1: Clues from Captivity.
Evolutionary Models and Problem-Oriented Studies.
Conservation Applications.

2. Traits, Trends, and Taxonomy.
Box 2.1: The Notable Neocortex.
Distinguishing Traits.
Cladistic Analyses.
Box 2.2: Fundamentals of Food Processing
Phylogenetic Analyses of Behavior.

3. Primates Past to Present.
Evolutionary History.
Primate Diversity in the Past.
Box 3.1: Mosaic Nature of Human Evolution
Interpreting Diversity Today.
Box 3.2: Hybrid Baboons.
Box 3.3: Lucky Lemurs.

4. Evolution and Social Behavior.
Natural Selection.
Box 4.1: MHC Genes
Box 4.2 Menopause
Kin Selection and Reciprocal Altruism.
Box 4.3: Multi-Level Selection
Individual Strategies and Social Organizations.

5. Evolution and Sex.
Sexual Selection.
Sexual Dimorphism.
Mating Patterns.
Box 5.1: Gibbon Games and Tarsier Tactics
Female Mating Strategies.
Male Rank and Reproductive Success.

6. Food, Foraging, and Females.
Food Quality.
Box 6.1: Forest Pharmacy
The Spatial Distribution of Food.
The Temporal Availability of Food Resources.
Box 6.2: The Power of Food
Interpreting Diets and Their Behavioral Correlates.

7. Female Strategies.
Ecology of Female Relationships.
Social Dynamics in Female Groups.
Box 7.1: Mysterious Matrilineage and Market Theory.
Population Consequences of Female Strategies.

8. Male Strategies.
Ecology of Male Relationships.
Box 8.1: Using and Misusing Infants.
Social Dynamics Among Males.
Box 8.2: Beyond the Group
Population Dynamics.

9. Developmental Stages Through the Lifespan
Fertilization to Birth.
Infancy.
Box 9.1: Parental Prolactin.
Weaning Conflict.
Juvenile Challenges.
Puberty
Adulthood and Aging
Population Consequences of Life Histories

10. Communication and Cognition.
Components of Communication Systems.
Modes of Primate Communication.
Cognition.
Implications for the Ethical Treatment of Primates.
Box 10.1: Rehabilitation, Reintroduction, and Sanctuary.

11. Community Ecology.
Primate Communities.
Box 11.1: Primates and Parasites.
Predator-Prey Interactions.
Box 11.2: Predatory Perspectives.
Primate-Plant Interactions.
Conservation of Communities.

12. Conservation.
Threats to Primates.
Conservation Policies.
Box 12.1: The Primates’ People
Noninvasive Research.
The Next Millennium.

Appendix: Primate Names.

Bibliography.

Glossary.