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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Page 144
... dominance hierarchy lends predictability and order to the daily interactions of troop members The dominant males are ... status varies as she moves from estrus to preg nancy to motherhood . Constant shifts in status make the female ...
... dominance hierarchy lends predictability and order to the daily interactions of troop members The dominant males are ... status varies as she moves from estrus to preg nancy to motherhood . Constant shifts in status make the female ...
Page 165
... dominance status Observation of the famous Minoo - B troop showed the importance of kinship ties for dominance status . Closely studied from 1950 to 1958 , the troop had documented genealogies . During these eight years , the troop was ...
... dominance status Observation of the famous Minoo - B troop showed the importance of kinship ties for dominance status . Closely studied from 1950 to 1958 , the troop had documented genealogies . During these eight years , the troop was ...
Page 177
... Dominant males do not have exclusive mating privileges , but high - ranking males are clearly more sexually successful than low - ranking males . Beyond dominance status , individual personality traits encourage or diminish mating ...
... Dominant males do not have exclusive mating privileges , but high - ranking males are clearly more sexually successful than low - ranking males . Beyond dominance status , individual personality traits encourage or diminish mating ...
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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