Evolution Ecology And Conservation Of Lorises And Pottos

The first book to present the latest discoveries on the behaviour, ecology and evolutionary biology of lorises and pottos.

The first book to present the latest discoveries on the behaviour, ecology and evolutionary biology of lorises and pottos.

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A comparative study of lemurs in the context of shared ancestral links with both humans and primates.

A how-to guide for ethnoprimatological research in the Anthropocene, offering an inside look at the latest research in the field.

A lively and entertaining account of the broad panorama of human sexual behaviour which reveals our actions to be an inextricable mixture of nature and nurture - a combination of innate actions evolved over the millenia, overlain by more recent cultural constraints imposed by civilization.

This book explores how seasonal variation in resource abundance might have driven primate and human evolution.

A great deal has been written about primates; however few volumes have focused on an entire community of sympatric monkeys at a single site. Drawing upon diverse sets of data, the authors provide a multi-thematic case study of the entire monkey community of the Taï forest (Ivory Coast). Much of the book explores how the seven monkey species have adapted to hunting pressures from chimpanzees, leopards, crowned eagles and humans. Other themes covered include feeding ecology, social behaviour, positional behaviour and habitat use, vocal communication and conservation. Colour photographs of all species are provided, showing the major behavioural characteristics of each, as little is known about these West African monkeys. This scientifically important volume will be of interest to a broad audience including primatologists, functional anatomists, psychologists, and behavioural ecologists.