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 126
... hectares and as large as 96 hectares . Within its home range each group defends rather well - defined territorial boundaries agains neighboring groups . There seems to be no correlation between the size of the troop and the size of its ...
... hectares and as large as 96 hectares . Within its home range each group defends rather well - defined territorial boundaries agains neighboring groups . There seems to be no correlation between the size of the troop and the size of its ...
Page 182
... hectares ; Jay gives an average of five langurs per 100 hectares . Dharwar populations , in contrast , range from 16 per 100 hectares in open areas to over 85 in the forest . The primary study area at Dharwar had over 131 langurs per ...
... hectares ; Jay gives an average of five langurs per 100 hectares . Dharwar populations , in contrast , range from 16 per 100 hectares in open areas to over 85 in the forest . The primary study area at Dharwar had over 131 langurs per ...
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... hectares , with about fifty in the immediate study area surrounding the Reynolds's forest living quarters . Reynolds de- scribed three separate , slightly overlapping ranges , each 1,500-2,000 hectares . Each range had a stable food ...
... hectares , with about fifty in the immediate study area surrounding the Reynolds's forest living quarters . Reynolds de- scribed three separate , slightly overlapping ranges , each 1,500-2,000 hectares . Each range had a stable food ...
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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