Primate Anti-Predator Strategies : Developments in Primatology: Progress and Prospects - Sharon Gursky-Doyen

Primate Anti-Predator Strategies

By: Sharon Gursky-Doyen (Editor), K.A.I. Nekaris (Editor)

Paperback | 23 November 2010

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Predation Theory.- Predation and Primate Cognitive Evolution.- Predation on Primates: A Biogeographical Analysis.- 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.- Predation on Lemurs in the Rainforest of Madagascar by Multiple Predator Species: Observations and Experiments.- Predation, Communication, and Cognition in Lemurs.- A Consideration of Leaping Locomotion as a Means of Predator Avoidance in Prosimian Primates.- Anti-Predator Strategies of Cathemeral Primates: Dealing with Predators of the Day and the Night.- Moonlight and Behavior in Nocturnal and Cathemeral Primates, Especially Lepilemur leucopus: Illuminating Possible Anti-Predator Efforts.- A Comparison of Calling Patterns in Two Nocturnal Primates, Otolemur crassicaudatus and Galago moholi as a Guide to Predation Risk.- Predator Defense by Slender Lorises and Pottos.- The Response of Spectral Tarsiers Toward Avian and Terrestrial Predators.- Talking Defensively, a Dual Use for the Brachial Gland Exudate of Slow and Pygmy Lorises.- 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.- Howler Monkeys and Harpy Eagles: A Communication Arms Race.- Effects of Habitat Structure on Perceived Risk of Predation and Anti-Predator Behavior of Vervet (Cercopithecus aethiops) and Patas (Erythrocebus patas) Monkeys.- Predation Risk and Habitat Use in Chacma Baboons (Papio hamadryas ursinus).- Reconstructing Hominin Interactions with Mammalian Carnivores (6.0-1.8 Ma).
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"This volume concerns itself with the behaviour of primates when confronted with predators or the risk of predation. ... Overall, primate predation is certainly an understudied topic in our field. Primates (as prey) need to asses predator risk first by identification of the threat and then implement an appropriate anti-predatory strategy. ... The Gursky and Nekaris volume certainly adds to an interesting topic in search of hard empirical data and predictable patterns. I recommend reading this book." (Daniel L. Gebo, Journal of Mammalian Evolution, Vol. 14, 2007)

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