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 91
... hierarchies . Some criteria are of course necessary in order to decide who is the winner and who is the loser of a given interac- tion , and different criteria may produce different rank orders . The reader should always examine an ...
... hierarchies . Some criteria are of course necessary in order to decide who is the winner and who is the loser of a given interac- tion , and different criteria may produce different rank orders . The reader should always examine an ...
Page 144
... hierarchy with regard to social space and access to food . This dominance hierarchy lends predictability and order to the daily interactions of troop members The dominant males are the social magnets of the troop . Membership in the ...
... hierarchy with regard to social space and access to food . This dominance hierarchy lends predictability and order to the daily interactions of troop members The dominant males are the social magnets of the troop . Membership in the ...
Page 160
... hierarchy appears in the animals ' feeding order . Animal with high status occupy a central position , commanding first access to the food . Surrounding them are animals with lesser status and those whom they tolerate . Finally , at ...
... hierarchy appears in the animals ' feeding order . Animal with high status occupy a central position , commanding first access to the food . Surrounding them are animals with lesser status and those whom they tolerate . Finally , at ...
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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