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 142
... particularly important during the dry season on the savanna . Baboons can use almost any food the habita may offer , including human crops . They pick fruit and excavate roots bulbs , and tubers . They also eat insects , reptiles ...
... particularly important during the dry season on the savanna . Baboons can use almost any food the habita may offer , including human crops . They pick fruit and excavate roots bulbs , and tubers . They also eat insects , reptiles ...
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... particularly insects . New growth , particularly leaf buds , are extremely important sources of food for many of the animals that prey on plants . Many plants depend on lavish production of new growth so that after the predators are ...
... particularly insects . New growth , particularly leaf buds , are extremely important sources of food for many of the animals that prey on plants . Many plants depend on lavish production of new growth so that after the predators are ...
Page 249
... particularly with urine , animals deposit viruses as well as pheromones . The message left behind may communicate disease as well as territoriality . Muzzle - muzzle contact may facilitate the exchange of respiratory infections ...
... particularly with urine , animals deposit viruses as well as pheromones . The message left behind may communicate disease as well as territoriality . Muzzle - muzzle contact may facilitate the exchange of respiratory infections ...
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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