Author: K. A. I. Nekaris
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 1108429025
Category : Nature
Languages : en
Pages : 515
Book Description
The first book to present the latest discoveries on the behaviour, ecology and evolutionary biology of lorises and pottos.
Evolution, Ecology and Conservation of Lorises and Pottos'
Author: K. A. I. Nekaris
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 1108429025
Category : Nature
Languages : en
Pages : 515
Book Description
The first book to present the latest discoveries on the behaviour, ecology and evolutionary biology of lorises and pottos.
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 1108429025
Category : Nature
Languages : en
Pages : 515
Book Description
The first book to present the latest discoveries on the behaviour, ecology and evolutionary biology of lorises and pottos.
Evolution, Ecology and Conservation of Lorises and Pottos
Author: Kimberly Anne-Isola Nekaris
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781108676526
Category : Lorises
Languages : en
Pages :
Book Description
The first book to present the latest discoveries on the behaviour, ecology and evolutionary biology of lorises and pottos.
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781108676526
Category : Lorises
Languages : en
Pages :
Book Description
The first book to present the latest discoveries on the behaviour, ecology and evolutionary biology of lorises and pottos.
Feeding Ecology in Apes and Other Primates
Author: Gottfried Hohmann
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 9780521858373
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 546
Book Description
Publisher Description
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 9780521858373
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 546
Book Description
Publisher Description
Demography and Evolutionary Ecology of Hadza Hunter-Gatherers
Author: Nicholas Blurton Jones
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 1316425215
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 511
Book Description
The Hadza, an ethnic group indigenous to northern Tanzania, are one of the few remaining hunter-gatherer populations. Archaeology shows 130,000 years of hunting and gathering in their land but Hadza are rapidly losing areas vital to their way of life. This book offers a unique opportunity to capture a disappearing lifestyle. Blurton Jones interweaves data from ecology, demography and evolutionary ecology to present a comprehensive analysis of the Hadza foragers. Discussion centres on expansion of the adaptationist perspective beyond topics customarily studied in human behavioural ecology, to interpret a wider range of anthropological concepts. Analysing behavioural aspects, with a specific focus on relationships and their wider impact on the population, this book reports the demographic consequences of different patterns of marriage and the availability of helpers such as husbands, children, and grandmothers. Essential for researchers and graduate students alike, this book will challenge preconceptions of human sociobiology.
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 1316425215
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 511
Book Description
The Hadza, an ethnic group indigenous to northern Tanzania, are one of the few remaining hunter-gatherer populations. Archaeology shows 130,000 years of hunting and gathering in their land but Hadza are rapidly losing areas vital to their way of life. This book offers a unique opportunity to capture a disappearing lifestyle. Blurton Jones interweaves data from ecology, demography and evolutionary ecology to present a comprehensive analysis of the Hadza foragers. Discussion centres on expansion of the adaptationist perspective beyond topics customarily studied in human behavioural ecology, to interpret a wider range of anthropological concepts. Analysing behavioural aspects, with a specific focus on relationships and their wider impact on the population, this book reports the demographic consequences of different patterns of marriage and the availability of helpers such as husbands, children, and grandmothers. Essential for researchers and graduate students alike, this book will challenge preconceptions of human sociobiology.
Animal Traffic
Author: Rosemary-Claire Collard
Publisher: Duke University Press
ISBN: 1478012463
Category : Nature
Languages : en
Pages : 125
Book Description
Parrots and snakes, wild cats and monkeys---exotic pets can now be found everywhere from skyscraper apartments and fenced suburban backyards to roadside petting zoos. In Animal Traffic Rosemary-Claire Collard investigates the multibillion-dollar global exotic pet trade and the largely hidden processes through which exotic pets are produced and traded as lively capital. Tracking the capture of animals in biosphere reserves in Mexico, Guatemala, and Belize; their exchange at exotic animal auctions in the United States; and the attempted rehabilitation of former exotic pets at a wildlife center in Guatemala, Collard shows how exotic pets are fetishized both as commodities and as objects. Their capture and sale sever their ties to complex socio-ecological networks in ways that make them appear as if they do not have lives of their own. Collard demonstrates that the enclosure of animals in the exotic pet trade is part of a bioeconomic trend in which life is increasingly commodified and objectified under capitalism. Ultimately, she calls for a “wild life” politics in which animals are no longer enclosed, retain their autonomy, and can live for the sake of themselves.
Publisher: Duke University Press
ISBN: 1478012463
Category : Nature
Languages : en
Pages : 125
Book Description
Parrots and snakes, wild cats and monkeys---exotic pets can now be found everywhere from skyscraper apartments and fenced suburban backyards to roadside petting zoos. In Animal Traffic Rosemary-Claire Collard investigates the multibillion-dollar global exotic pet trade and the largely hidden processes through which exotic pets are produced and traded as lively capital. Tracking the capture of animals in biosphere reserves in Mexico, Guatemala, and Belize; their exchange at exotic animal auctions in the United States; and the attempted rehabilitation of former exotic pets at a wildlife center in Guatemala, Collard shows how exotic pets are fetishized both as commodities and as objects. Their capture and sale sever their ties to complex socio-ecological networks in ways that make them appear as if they do not have lives of their own. Collard demonstrates that the enclosure of animals in the exotic pet trade is part of a bioeconomic trend in which life is increasingly commodified and objectified under capitalism. Ultimately, she calls for a “wild life” politics in which animals are no longer enclosed, retain their autonomy, and can live for the sake of themselves.
The Missing Lemur Link
Author: Ivan Norscia
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 1107016088
Category : Psychology
Languages : en
Pages : 325
Book Description
A comparative study of lemurs in the context of shared ancestral links with both humans and primates.
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 1107016088
Category : Psychology
Languages : en
Pages : 325
Book Description
A comparative study of lemurs in the context of shared ancestral links with both humans and primates.
Monkeys of the Taï Forest
Author: W. Scott McGraw
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 1139461591
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 17
Book Description
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.
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 1139461591
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 17
Book Description
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.
Macaque Societies
Author: Bernard Thierry
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 9780521818476
Category : Psychology
Languages : en
Pages : 438
Book Description
Animal and human societies are multifaceted. In order to understand how they have evolved, it is necessary to investigate each of the constituent facets including individual abilities and personalities, life-history traits, mating systems, demographic dynamics, gene flows, social relationships, ecology and phylogeny. By exploring the nature and evolution of macaque social organization, this book develops our knowledge of the rise of societies and their transformation during the course of evolution. Macaques are the most comprehensively studied of all monkey groups, and the 20 known species feature a broad diversity in their social relationships, making them a particularly good group for exploring the evolution of societies. This book will be of primary interest to those studying animal behaviour and primatology, but will also be useful to those involved in the study of human societies.
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 9780521818476
Category : Psychology
Languages : en
Pages : 438
Book Description
Animal and human societies are multifaceted. In order to understand how they have evolved, it is necessary to investigate each of the constituent facets including individual abilities and personalities, life-history traits, mating systems, demographic dynamics, gene flows, social relationships, ecology and phylogeny. By exploring the nature and evolution of macaque social organization, this book develops our knowledge of the rise of societies and their transformation during the course of evolution. Macaques are the most comprehensively studied of all monkey groups, and the 20 known species feature a broad diversity in their social relationships, making them a particularly good group for exploring the evolution of societies. This book will be of primary interest to those studying animal behaviour and primatology, but will also be useful to those involved in the study of human societies.
The Dwarf and Mouse Lemurs of Madagascar
Author: Shawn M. Lehman
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 1107075599
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 589
Book Description
The first ever reference book on the behaviour, physiology, conservation and biogeography of the dwarf and mouse lemurs of Madagascar.
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 1107075599
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 589
Book Description
The first ever reference book on the behaviour, physiology, conservation and biogeography of the dwarf and mouse lemurs of Madagascar.
Ethnoprimatology
Author: Kerry M. Dore
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 1107109965
Category : Nature
Languages : en
Pages : 327
Book Description
A how-to guide for ethnoprimatological research in the Anthropocene, offering an inside look at the latest research in the field.
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 1107109965
Category : Nature
Languages : en
Pages : 327
Book Description
A how-to guide for ethnoprimatological research in the Anthropocene, offering an inside look at the latest research in the field.