Primate anti-predator strategies

Predation theory --Predation and primate cognitive evolution /Klaus Zuberbühler --Predation on primates :a biogeographical analysis /D. Hart --Anti-predator strategies of nocturnal primates --Primates and other prey in the seasonally variable diet of Cryptoprocta ferox in the dry deciduous forest of...

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Weitere Verfasser: Gursky, Sharon L. (HerausgeberIn), Nekaris, K. A. I. (HerausgeberIn)
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Veröffentlicht: New York, NY Springer Science+Business Media, LLC 2007
Schriftenreihe:Developments in Primatology: Progress and Prospects
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Zusammenfassung:Predation theory --Predation and primate cognitive evolution /Klaus Zuberbühler --Predation on primates :a biogeographical analysis /D. Hart --Anti-predator strategies of nocturnal primates --Primates and other prey in the seasonally variable diet of Cryptoprocta ferox in the dry deciduous forest of western Madagascar /Luke Dollar, Jörg U. Ganzhorn, and Steven M. Goodman --Predation on lemurs in the rainforest of Madagascar by multiple predator species :observations and experiments /Sarah M. Karpanty and Patricia C. Wright --Predation, communication, and cognition in lemurs /Marina Scheumann, Andriatahiana Rabesandratana, and Elke Zimmermann --A consideration of leaping locomotion as a means of predator avoidance in prosimian primates /Robin Huw Crompton and William Irvin Sellers --Anti-predator strategies of cathemeral primates :dealing with predators of the day and the night /Ian C. Colquhoun --Moonlight and behavior in nocturnal and cathemeral primates, especially Lepilemur leucopus :illuminating possible anti-predator efforts /Leanne T. Nash --A comparison of calling patterns in two nocturnal primates, Otolemur crassicaudatus and Galago moholi, as a guide to predation risk /Simon K. Bearder --Predator defense by slender lorises and pottos /K. Anne-Isola Nekaris, Elizabeth R. Pimley, and Kelly M. Ablard --The response of spectral tarsiers toward avian and terrestrial predators /Sharon L. Gursky --Talking defensively, a dual use for the brachial gland exudate of slow and pygmy lorises /Lee R. Hagey, Bryan G. Fry, and Helena Fitch-Snyder --Anti-predator strategies of non-nocturnal primates --Anti-predator strategies in a diurnal prosimian, the ring-tailed lemur (Lemur catta), at the Beza Mahafaly Special Reserve, Madagascar /Lisa Gould and Michelle L. Sauther --Howler monkeys and harpy eagles :a communication arms race /Ricardo Gil-da-Costa --Effects of habitat structure on perceived risk of predation and anti-predator behavior of vervet (Cercopithecus aethiops) and patas (Erythrocebus patas) monkeys /Karin L. Enstam --Predation risk and habitat use in chacma baboons (Papio hamadryas ursinus) /Russell A. Hill and Tony Weingrill --Reconstructing hominin interactions with mammalian carnivores (6.0-1.8 Ma) /Adrian Treves and Paul Palmqvist
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ISBN:0387348077
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