The Evolution of Primate Behavior |
From inside the book
Results 1-3 of 24
Page 76
... sticks and dead branches that deter ground predators . Whitefaced cebus persistently work away at deadwood until it falls . Baboons , similarly have dislodged stones from cliff tops and dropped them near observers . These baboons chose ...
... sticks and dead branches that deter ground predators . Whitefaced cebus persistently work away at deadwood until it falls . Baboons , similarly have dislodged stones from cliff tops and dropped them near observers . These baboons chose ...
Page 357
... sticks to hit or hook down out - of - reach branches , or as ladders to climb ( see Chapter 21 ) . They also use sticks and probes as olfactory aids in nonfeeding contexts , such as to in- vestigate the vagina of an estrous female ...
... sticks to hit or hook down out - of - reach branches , or as ladders to climb ( see Chapter 21 ) . They also use sticks and probes as olfactory aids in nonfeeding contexts , such as to in- vestigate the vagina of an estrous female ...
Page 390
... sticks of various lengths and pair off one as longer and another as shorter , but to put a whole lot in a row with any consistent ordering mecha- nism is far more difficult . Even worse , when asked to insert another stick into their ...
... sticks of various lengths and pair off one as longer and another as shorter , but to put a whole lot in a row with any consistent ordering mecha- nism is far more difficult . Even worse , when asked to insert another stick into their ...
Contents
WHAT WHERE | 3 |
ECOLOGICAL PRINCIPLES | 34 |
FOOD AND FEEDING | 45 |
Copyright | |
28 other sections not shown
Other editions - View all
Common terms and phrases
adult males aggression Altmann animals apes baboons baby Barro Colorado behavior birds birth breeding bushbabies calls captive cebus Cercopithecus Chapter chimpanzees chimps Clutton-Brock communication competition correlates Courtesy defense diet dominance Ecology environment estrus evolution feeding females FIGURE Folia primatol Folivores food supply foraging fruit galago gelada gibbon Gombe Gombe Stream Goodall gorilla grooming guenon habitat hamadryas hamadryas baboons hanuman hanuman langurs harem Hausfater Hladik home range howler Hrdy human individual indri infanticide infants insects Japanese macaques juvenile Kibale lactation langur learning mammals mangabey mantled howler Marler marmosets mate monogamous mother multimale new-world monkeys objects offspring orangutan patterns play population predators prey primates prosimians rain forest red colobus reproductive rhesus ringtailed lemurs season seems sexual siamang sifaka signs social group species spider monkey squirrel monkeys stage structure Struhsaker survive tamarins territorial tion titi tool tree troop vervet wild young