Primate SocietiesBarbara B. Smuts, Dorothy L. Cheney, Robert M. Seyfarth, Richard W. Wrangham Primate Societies is a synthesis of the most current information on primate socioecology and its theoretical and empirical significance, spanning the disciplines of behavioral biology, ecology, anthropology, and psychology. It is a very rich source of ideas about other taxa. "A superb synthesis of knowledge about the social lives of non-human primates."—Alan Dixson, Nature |
Contents
| 1 | |
| 9 | |
Part II Socioecology | 179 |
Part III Group Life | 297 |
Part IV Communication and Intelligence | 431 |
Part V The Future | 475 |
The Order Primates Species Names and a Guide to Social Organization | 499 |
List of Contributors | 507 |
| 511 | |
Index | 565 |
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Primate Societies Barbara B. Smuts,Dorothy L. Cheney,Robert M. Seyfarth,Richard W. Wrangham No preview available - 1987 |
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