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High Altitude Primates

Developments in Primatology: Progress and Prospects

Erschienen am 16.11.2013, 1. Auflage 2013
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ISBN/EAN: 9781461481744
Sprache: Englisch
Umfang: xxi, 360 S., 61 s/w Illustr., 360 p. 61 illus.
Einband: gebundenes Buch

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InhaltsangabeHigh Altitude Prosimian Primates.- 1. Effects of Altitude on the Conservation Biogeography of Lemurs in South East Madagascar.- 2. Hibernation patterns of dwarf lemurs in the high altitude forests of eastern Madagascar.- 3. Altitudinal Distribution and Ranging Patterns of Pygmy Tarsiers (Tarsius pumilus).- High Altitude Monkeys.- 4. Biogeography and conservation of Andean primates in Peru.- 5. Population density and ecological traits of high land woolly monkeys at Cueva de los Guacharos National Park, Colombia.- 6. Seed Dispersal by Woolly Monkeys in Cueva de los Guacharos National Park (Colombia): An amazonian primate dispersing montane plants.- 7. Distribution and ecology of the most tropical of the high-elevation montane colobines: the ebony langur on Java.- 8. Snow tolerance of Japanese macaques inhabiting high-latitude mountainous forests of Japan.- 9. Seasonal and altitudinal migration of Japanese macaques in the Northern Japan Alps.- 10. Rhinopithecus bieti at Xiaochangdu, Tibet: Adaptations to a marginal environment.- 11. Nutritional implications of the high-elevation lifestyle of Rhinopithecus bieti.- 12. Variation in primate abundance along an elevational gradient in the Udzungwa.- 13. Deriving Conservation Status for a High Altitude Population:  Golden Monkeys of Mgahinga Gorilla National Park, Uganda.- High Altitude Apes.- 14. High Altitude Diets: Implications for the Feeding and Nutritional Ecology of Mountain Gorillas.- 15. Preliminary data on the highland Sumatran orangutans (Pongo abelii) of Batang Toru.- 16. Modern Human Biological Adaptations to High-Altitude Environments in the Andean Archaeological Record.-17. High Altitude Primates, Extreme Primates, and Anthropological Primatology (There is More to Human Evolution than Tool Use, Culture, or African Apes).                                                                                                                       

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InhaltsangabePrimate Species.- 1. Mountain Gorillas.- 2. White Bearded Gibbons.- 3. Chimpanzees.- High Altitude Monkeys.- 4. Chinese Snub Nosed Monkeys.- 5. Chinese Snub Nosed Monkeys.- 6. Hamadryas Baboons.- 7. Tibetan Macaques.- 8. Vervet Monkeys.- 9. Ebony Leaf Money.- 10. Red Colobus Monkeys.- 11. Sanje Mangabey.- 12. Highland Mangabey.- 13. Chacma Baboons.- 14. Hanuman Langurs.- High Altitude Prosimians.- 15. Pygmy Tarsiers.- 16. Dwarf Lemurs.-17. Silky Sifaka.-18. Galagos.- 19. Ring Tailed Lemurs.- 20. Dwarf Galago.- Conclusions.