Patterns of Primate BehaviorThis newly revised second edition introduces the perspective that a primatologist brings to an understanding of behavior. The text provides a framework, comparative attitude, & anecdotal examples. |
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... Africa . It is found as far north as the Tibesti Plateau in the Sahara and as far south as Cape Town in South Africa . Its habitats range from closed canopy forest in central Africa to arid thorn scrub in Ethiopia . In arid areas ...
... Africa . It is found as far north as the Tibesti Plateau in the Sahara and as far south as Cape Town in South Africa . Its habitats range from closed canopy forest in central Africa to arid thorn scrub in Ethiopia . In arid areas ...
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... Africa has a much greater proportion of dry , savanna - like areas ( see Figure 7 for an explanation of the African vegetation zones ) . 2 All of Africa has a discernible " dry " season . Some New World forests have an almost constant ...
... Africa has a much greater proportion of dry , savanna - like areas ( see Figure 7 for an explanation of the African vegetation zones ) . 2 All of Africa has a discernible " dry " season . Some New World forests have an almost constant ...
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... African tropical forests . In Tropical forest ecosystems in Africa and South America : A comparative review , eds . B. J. Meggers , E. S. Ayensu , and W. D Duckworth , pp . 145-59 . Washington , D.C .: Smithsonian Institution Press ...
... African tropical forests . In Tropical forest ecosystems in Africa and South America : A comparative review , eds . B. J. Meggers , E. S. Ayensu , and W. D Duckworth , pp . 145-59 . Washington , D.C .: Smithsonian Institution Press ...
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TWO | 27 |
Communication | 41 |
Sensory limitations on the perception of communication | 58 |
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activity adult females adult males Africa aggression animal's animals anthropoids apes appear arboreal Barro Colorado Island cage central chacma baboons characteristics chimpanzees color common baboon communication copulation cycle disease displays dominance status ecology estrus feeding field study foraging forest free-ranging frequently fruit geladas gibbons glands Gombe gorilla grooming Group composition habitat hamadryas hamadryas baboons Harlow hectares hierarchy home range hormones howler monkeys howling human infant infection interactions Japanese macaques juveniles laboratory langurs leader male lemurs lifeways meters mother move movements nonhuman primates observer occur offspring Old World olfactory one-male ordinary males Papio patas monkey pattern percent plants play population predation primate behavior primates primatologists prosimians records relationships reproductive response rhesus monkeys role savanna sexual sexual dimorphism signals skin sleeping social behavior social organization species spider monkeys Struhsaker study area subgroups subleaders Tikal tion trees troop variability vervet monkeys vocalizations Washoe