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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... predation - noxious toxins , chemicals that serve as natural insecticides and deterrents to animal predation . Mature leaves and most of the rest of the plant are protected by the presence of these toxins . Plants also deter predation ...
... predation - noxious toxins , chemicals that serve as natural insecticides and deterrents to animal predation . Mature leaves and most of the rest of the plant are protected by the presence of these toxins . Plants also deter predation ...
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... predation and mechanisms to enhance seed dispersal . ( 1 ) Orchid seeds , for example , are too small for developing insects to inhabit and of such low nutritional value they are unworthy of predation . ( 2 ) Other plants , notably ...
... predation and mechanisms to enhance seed dispersal . ( 1 ) Orchid seeds , for example , are too small for developing insects to inhabit and of such low nutritional value they are unworthy of predation . ( 2 ) Other plants , notably ...
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... predation than was required to support the monkey population . Another possibility is that the food resources apparently available to primates are in fact not what they appear to be . Even though plants de- pend on animals , including ...
... predation than was required to support the monkey population . Another possibility is that the food resources apparently available to primates are in fact not what they appear to be . Even though plants de- pend on animals , including ...
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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