Howler Monkeys: Adaptive Radiation, Systematics, and Morphology (2015) (Developments in Primatology: Progress and Prospects)

Synopsis

Howler monkeys (genus Alouatta) comprise 12 species of leaf-eating New World monkeys that range from southern Mexico through northern Argentina. This genus is the most widespread of any New World primate and can be found to inhabit a range of forest types from undisturbed rainforest to severely anthropogenically-impacted forest fragments. Although there have been many studies on individual species of howler monkeys, this book is the first comprehensive volume that places information on howler behavior and biology within a theoretical framework of ecological and social adaptability. This is the first of two companion volumes devoted to the genus Alouatta.This volume:· Provides new and original empirical and theoretical research on howler monkeys· Presents evolutionary and adaptive explanations for the ecological success of howler monkeys· Examines howler behavior and ecology within a comparative frameworkThese goals are achieved in a collection of chapters written by a distinguished group of scientists on the evolutionary history, paleontology, taxonomy, genetics, morphology, physiology, and anatomy of howlers. The volume also contains chapters on howlers as vectors of infectious diseases, ethnoprimatology, and conservation.

Copyright:

2015

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Publisher Quality

ISBN-13:

9781493919574

Related ISBNs:

9781493919567

Publisher:

Springer New York

Date of Addition:

08/18/19

Copyrighted By:

Springer New York, New York, NY

Adult content:

No

Language:

English

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No

Categories:

Nonfiction, Science, Animals, Outdoors and Nature, Earth Sciences

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Edited by:

Martín M. Kowalewski

Edited by:

Paul A. Garber

Edited by:

Liliana Cortés-Ortiz

Edited by:

Bernardo Urbani

Edited by:

Dionisios Youlatos