Nekaris / Gursky-Doyen Primate Anti-Predator Strategies

1. Auflage 2007
ISBN: 978-0-387-34810-0
Verlag: Springer-Verlag
Format: PDF
Kopierschutz: Adobe DRM (»Systemvoraussetzungen)

E-Book, Englisch, 393 Seiten

This volume details the different ways that nocturnal primates avoid predators. It is a first of its kind within primatology, and is therefore the only work giving a broad overview of predation - nocturnal primate predation theory in particular - in the field Additionally, the book incorporates several chapters on the theoretical advances that researchers studying nocturnal primates need to make.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Nekaris, K.A.I.

Gursky-Doyen, Sharon

Inhaltsverzeichnis

1;Preface;7
2;Acknowledgments;15
3;Contents;16
4;List of Contributors;19
5;Predation Theory;22
5.1;Predation and Primate Cognitive Evolution;23
5.2;Predation on Primates: A Biogeographical Analysis;47
6;Anti-Predator Strategies of Nocturnal Primates;80
6.1;Primates and Other Prey in the Seasonally Variable Diet of Cryptoprocta ferox in the Dry Deciduous Forest of Western Madagascar;81
6.2;Predation on Lemurs in the Rainforest of Madagascar by Multiple Predator Species: Observations and Experiments;95
6.3;Predation, Communication, and Cognition in Lemurs;118
6.4;A Consideration of Leaping Locomotion as a Means of Predator Avoidance in Prosimian Primates;145
6.5;Anti-Predator Strategies of Cathemeral Primates: Dealing with Predators of the Day and the Night;164
6.6;Moonlight and Behavior in Nocturnal and Cathemeral Primates, Especially Lepilemur leucopus: Illuminating Possible Anti- Predator Efforts;191
6.7;A Comparison of Calling Patterns in Two Nocturnal Primates, Otolemur crassicaudatus and Galago moholi as a Guide to Predation Risk;224
6.8;Predator Defense by Slender Lorises and Pottos;240
6.9;The Response of Spectral Tarsiers Toward Avian and Terrestrial Predators;259
6.10;Talking Defensively, a Dual Use for the Brachial Gland Exudate of Slow and Pygmy Lorises;271
7;Anti-Predator Strategies of Non- Nocturnal Primates;291
7.1;Anti-Predator Strategies in a Diurnal Prosimian, the Ring- Tailed Lemur ( Lemur catta), at the Beza Mahafaly Special Reserve, Madagascar;292
7.2;Howler Monkeys and Harpy Eagles: A Communication Arms Race;306
7.3;Effects of Habitat Structure on Perceived Risk of Predation and Anti- Predator Behavior of Vervet ( Cercopithecus aethiops) and Patas ( Erythrocebus patas) Monkeys;325
7.4;Predation Risk and Habitat Use in Chacma Baboons ( Papio hamadryas ursinus);356
7.5;Reconstructing Hominin Interactions with Mammalian Carnivores ( 6.0– 1.8 Ma);372
8;Index;399