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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... reproductive cycle have led many researchers astray . Unless an animal is appropriately housed and main- tained , its reproductive rate is impaired . Newly imported animals are infertile for 18-24 months because of the stress associated ...
... reproductive cycle have led many researchers astray . Unless an animal is appropriately housed and main- tained , its reproductive rate is impaired . Newly imported animals are infertile for 18-24 months because of the stress associated ...
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Claud A. Bramblett. A subgroup of hanuman langurs engage in social grooming . reproductive status and is also greatly influenced by temporary alliances . Langur males have little to do with the young . Female infants have little ...
Claud A. Bramblett. A subgroup of hanuman langurs engage in social grooming . reproductive status and is also greatly influenced by temporary alliances . Langur males have little to do with the young . Female infants have little ...
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... reproductive potential as reflected in the number of adult females , and minimize total biomass - the total amount of baboon body weight that an area must support . The presump- tion is that above a minimum body size , smaller females ...
... reproductive potential as reflected in the number of adult females , and minimize total biomass - the total amount of baboon body weight that an area must support . The presump- tion is that above a minimum body size , smaller females ...
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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