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Stuart A. Altmann presents the results of one of the most intensive investigations ever carried out on foraging behavior and its consequences for survival and reproduction.

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"""The gold standard for research on naturalistic behavior and ecology of primates.""--Peter S. Rodman ""American Journal of Primatology"" ""This book is destined to become a classic in primate feeding behavior. It is exhaustive and a pleasure to read, and it sets the standard for amalgamation of modeling theory and ecological observation.""--Joanna E. Lambert ""American Scientist"""

The gold standard for research on naturalistic behavior and ecology of primates. --Peter S. Rodman American Journal of Primatology

This book is destined to become a classic in primate feeding behavior. It is exhaustive and a pleasure to read, and it sets the standard for amalgamation of modeling theory and ecological observation. --Joanna E. Lambert American Scientist The gold standard for research on naturalistic behavior and ecology of primates. --Peter S. Rodman American Journal of Primatology

The gold standard for research on naturalistic behavior and ecology of primates. --Peter S. Rodman American Journal of Primatology This book is destined to become a classic in primate feeding behavior. It is exhaustive and a pleasure to read, and it sets the standard for amalgamation of modeling theory and ecological observation. --Joanna E. Lambert American Scientist

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Stuart A. Altmann (1930-2016) was a field biologist. He and his wife, Jeanne Altmann, collaborated on baboon research in Amboseli National Park in Kenya, in one of the world's best-known long-term field studies of primates. He was a professor at the University of Alberta, Yerkes National Primate Research Center, the University of Chicago, and Princeton University.

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