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The Socioecology of Adult Female Patas Monkeys and Vervets in Kenya
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Publisher
Taylor & Francis Group
ISBN-10
0131927876
ISBN-13
9780131927872
eBay Product ID (ePID)
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Number of Pages
192 Pages
Language
English
Publication Name
Socioecology of Adult Female Patas Monkeys and Vervets in Kenya
Subject
Life Sciences / Zoology / Primatology, Anthropology / Physical, Anthropology / General
Publication Year
2008
Type
Textbook
Subject Area
Social Science, Science
Series
Primate Field Studies
Format
Perfect
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0.3 in
Item Weight
12.8 Oz
Item Length
9 in
Item Width
6 in
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College Audience
LCCN
2007-051555
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This series is a venue for the publication of PhD-level field studies of wild nonhuman primates in a format that is broadly accessible and more cohesive than the usual and sometimes artificial splicing of field study data into separately published peer-reviewed journal articles. As with other contributions to this series, both books represent a large body of data on wild primates, collected over a period of at least a year. Each monograph begins with an introductory chapter providing background material on the theoretical perspective and history of the topic, followed by information pertaining to the study population(s) and data collection methods. These introductory chapters are then followed by a series of "data chapters" that explore various aspects of the analyses--overall, a format very similar to (but more concise than) that of a PhD dissertation. Pruetz (Iowa State) frames her study of patas and vervet monkeys around the basic tenets of socioecological theory, which predicts that the abundance and distribution of food resources will play a significant role in shaping patterns of sociality in female primates. In an attempt to elucidate this predictive relationship, Pruetz investigated the impact of food abundance and distribution on patterns of food competition and dominance relationships among adult females in two closely related cercopithecine primates, patas monkeys and vervet monkeys. After an in-depth, sophisticated analysis of the relationships among these various factors, Pruetz concludes that most socioecological models are too broad, and the variables insufficiently quantified, to make reliable predictions about these relationships. Summing Up: Highly recommended. Upper-division undergraduate through professional collections. -- L. Swedell, CUNY Queens College, This series is a venue for the publication of PhD-level field studies of wild nonhuman primates in a format that is broadly accessible and more cohesive than the usual and sometimes artificial splicing of field study data into separately published peer-reviewed journal articles. As with other contributions to this series, both books represent a large body of data on wild primates, collected over a period of at least a year. Each monograph begins with an introductory chapter providing background material on the theoretical perspective and history of the topic, followed by information pertaining to the study population(s) and data collection methods. These introductory chapters are then followed by a series of "data chapters" that explore various aspects of the analyses--overall, a format very similar to (but more concise than) that of a PhD dissertation. Pruetz (Iowa State) frames her study of patas and vervet monkeys around the basic tenets of socioecological theory, which predicts that the abundance and distribution of food resources will play a significant role in shaping patterns of sociality in female primates. In an attempt to elucidate this predictive relationship, Pruetz investigated the impact of food abundance and distribution on patterns of food competition and dominance relationships among adult females in two closely related cercopithecine primates, patas monkeys and vervet monkeys. After an in-depth, sophisticated analysis of the relationships among these various factors, Pruetz concludes that most socioecological models are too broad, and the variables insufficiently quantified, to make reliable predictions about these relationships. Summing Up: Highly recommended. Upper-division undergraduate through professional collections . -- L. Swedell, CUNY Queens College, This series is a venue for the publication of PhD-level field studies of wild nonhuman primates in a format that is broadly accessible and more cohesive than the usual and sometimes artificial splicing of field study data into separately published peer-reviewed journal articles. As with other contributions to this series, both books represent a large body of data on wild primates, collected over a period of at least a year. Each monograph begins with an introductory chapter providing background material on the theoretical perspective and history of the topic, followed by information pertaining to the study population(s) and data collection methods. These introductory chapters are then followed by a series of "data chapters" that explore various aspects of the analyses--overall, a format very similar to (but more concise than) that of a PhD dissertation. Pruetz (Iowa State) frames her study of patas and vervet monkeys around the basic tenets of socioecological theory, which predicts that the abundance and distribution of food resources will play a significant role in shaping patterns of sociality in female primates. In an attempt to elucidate this predictive relationship, Pruetz investigated the impact of food abundance and distribution on patterns of food competition and dominance relationships among adult females in two closely related cercopithecine primates, patas monkeys and vervet monkeys. After an in-depth, sophisticated analysis of the relationships among these various factors, Pruetz concludes that most socioecological models are too broad, and the variables insufficiently quantified, to make reliable predictions about these relationships. Summing Up: Highly recommended. Upper-division undergraduate through professional collections . -- L. Swedell, CUNY Queens College
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Table Of Content
CH. 1: The Research Question Study species -- Vervets and patas monkeys Questions and hypotheses Socioecological theory - Food resources and primate behavior Scramble and contest competition Social dominance Models of female social relationships Testing the models on Segera: A natural ecological experiment Holding habitat constant Other factors affecting female social behavior Project goals revisited Study groups Study subjects CH. 2. Measuring primate behavior and ecology "Measuring" ecology Measuring food availability Commonly used methods Primates' perceptions of the foods available to them Clumped resources and contest competition CH. 3: Foods available to vervet and patas monkeys Hypotheses and predictions Defining a food patch Measuring food availability Large-scale food availability Methods Results Small-scale food availability Methods Results Swollen thorn foods Foods in the riverine habitat Herbaceous level food availability Food availability on Segera CH. 4: Feeding behavior of vervets and patas monkeys Studying the feeding behavior of sympatric species Vervets and patas monkeys: Expected differences and similarities Whistling-thorn Acacia: Why focus on one food species? Feeding behavior Continuous sampling Bout sampling Rank-related differences in feeding behavior Patch depletion Monkeys, Acacia, and ants Species differences Within-species differences according to rank CH. 5: Contest competition and dominance in vervets The concept of dominance Testing hypotheses Results: Contest competition and dominance in vervets Dominance patterns and feeding competition in vervets The significance of dominance to vervets Dominance style in Segera vervets "Typical" cercopithecines? Why a stable, linear dominance hierarchy on Segera? CH. 6: Comparing vervet and patas monkeys in the same habitat. Questions and Predictions Agonistic and dominance behavior Food contestability in vervets and patas monkeys Dominance in adult females Feeding competition and whistling-thorn foods Significance of feeding competition to vervet and patas monkeys CH. 7: Food availability, feeding competition and dominance in vervet and patas monkeys. Female contest competition and dominance in vervets and patas monkeys on Segera How do the models rate? Summary and implications for future research
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For upper-level and/or graduate level Primatology or Biological Anthropology courses. Socioecology of Adult Female Patas Monkeys and Vervet in Kenya, East Africa provides students with a glimpse into a research project from start to finish. It discusses basic issues of studying primates and explores one of the major theories that has defined primatology for several decades. This text not only contributes detail on primate behavior, but also on the ecological variables that influence primate behavior. These are often difficult to measure, but the unique environment at the study site enabled the author to address questions that are much more difficult to answer elsewhere., Socioecology of Adult Female Patas Monkeys and Vervet in Kenya, East Africa provides students with a glimpse into a research project from start to finish. It discusses basic issues of studying primates and explores one of the major theories that has defined primatology for several decades. This text not only contributes detail on primate behavior, but also on the ecological variables that influence primate behavior. These are often difficult to measure, but the unique environment at the study site enabled the author to address questions that are much more difficult to answer elsewhere., For upper-level and/or graduate level Primatology or Biological Anthropology courses.Socioecology of Adult Female Patas Monkeys and Vervet in Kenya, East Africa provides students with a glimpse into a research project from start to finish. It discusses basic issues of studying primates and explores one of the major theories that has defined primatology for several decades. This text not only contributes detail on primate behavior, but also on the ecological variables that influence primate behavior. These are often difficult to measure, but the unique environment at the study site enabled the author to address questions that are much more difficult to answer elsewhere.
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