Overview

Primates are very responsive to environmental change, although the raction and ability to adapt varies from species to species. These differences reflect their life strategies and influence their social and reproductive fitness. Their responsiveness to changes are of intrinsic interest not only to scientists who study animal behaviour but also has a much wider significance as pressure mounts on natural habitats. Additionally, there is growing concern about the well-being of primates held in the artificial environments created by human beings for captive non-human primates. This book brings together a wide range of experts who review the key issues, supplemented by case studies where research has highlighted the problems and suggested possible improvements in the treatment of these animals.

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Author:   Hilary O. Box
Publisher:   Chapman and Hall
Imprint:   Chapman and Hall
Weight:   0.740kg
ISBN:  

9780412299407

ISBN 10:   0412299402
Pages:   430
Publication Date:   November 1990
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Professional and scholarly ,  Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print  
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Table of Contents

Part 1 General perspectives: species differences in tolerance to environmental change; adaptations to environmental change - an evolutionary perspective; responsiveness to change - interrelationship among parameters; the social control of fertility; individual differences. part 2 Environmental change in nature: forest disturbance and Amazonian primates; provisioning of barbary macaques in Gibraltar; non-human primates as pests; rehabilitation of captive chimpanzees; responses of wild chimpanzees and gorillas to the arrival of primatologists - behaviour observed during habituation; primate conservation and wildlife management. part 3 Environmental change in capacity: stimulation of natural patterns of behavioural studies with golden lio tamarinsand gorillas; environmental challenges in groups of capuchins; environmental enrichment for single housed common marmosets; responses to novel social stimuli in callitrichid monkeys - a comparative perspective; reproductive consequences of changing social status in female common marmosets; behavioural and physiological indices of social relationships - comparative studies of new world monkeys; stress and distress in response to change; criteria for provision of captive environments.

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