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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... savanna remnants of forests , subject to annual fires . 4 Orchard - bush regions , where trees are small and widely spaced in short grass . 5 Gallery forest regions , where the riverbanks support rainforests sur- rounded by savanna . 6 ...
... savanna remnants of forests , subject to annual fires . 4 Orchard - bush regions , where trees are small and widely spaced in short grass . 5 Gallery forest regions , where the riverbanks support rainforests sur- rounded by savanna . 6 ...
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... savanna and forests throughout sub - Saharan Africa . It is found as far north as the Tibesti Plateau in the Sahara and as far south as Cape Town in South Africa . Its habitats range from closed canopy forest in central Africa to arid ...
... savanna and forests throughout sub - Saharan Africa . It is found as far north as the Tibesti Plateau in the Sahara and as far south as Cape Town in South Africa . Its habitats range from closed canopy forest in central Africa to arid ...
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... savanna- woodland , with dry woodland or open forest 60 percent , grassland sa- vanna 30 percent , riverine forests and thickets , about 10 percent . The different types of terrain merge in a complicated mosaic . The eastern fringes of ...
... savanna- woodland , with dry woodland or open forest 60 percent , grassland sa- vanna 30 percent , riverine forests and thickets , about 10 percent . The different types of terrain merge in a complicated mosaic . The eastern fringes of ...
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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