New World Monkeys - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook New World Monkeys write by Alfred L. Rosenberger. This book was released on 2020-09-01. New World Monkeys available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. A comprehensive account of the origins, evolution, and behavior of South and Central American primates New World Monkeys brings to life the beauty of evolution and biodiversity in action among South and Central American primates, who are now at risk. These tree-dwelling rainforest inhabitants display an unparalleled variety in size, shape, hands, feet, tails, brains, locomotion, feeding, social systems, forms of communication, and mating strategies. Primatologist Alfred Rosenberger, one of the foremost experts on these mammals, explains their fascinating adaptations and how they came about. New World Monkeys provides a dramatic picture of the sixteen living genera of New World monkeys and a fossil record that shows that their ancestors have lived in the same ecological niches for up to 20 million years—only to now find themselves imperiled by the extinction crisis. Rosenberger also challenges the argument that these primates originally came to South America from Africa by floating across the Atlantic on a raft of vegetation some 45 million years ago. He explains that they are more likely to have crossed via a land bridge that once connected Western Europe and Canada at a time when many tropical mammals transferred between the northern continents. Based on the most current findings, New World Monkeys offers the first synthesis of decades of fieldwork and laboratory and museum research conducted by hundreds of scientists.
New World Monkeys
New World Monkeys - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook New World Monkeys write by Melissa Stewart. This book was released on 2007-01-01. New World Monkeys available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Introduces several varieity of New World monkeys, the monkeys of Central and South America, discussing their physical and social characteristics, their habitats, their diets, and the fact that the destruction of the rain forests is putting many varietieson the endangered species list.
South American Primates
South American Primates - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook South American Primates write by Paul A. Garber. This book was released on 2008-11-13. South American Primates available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. This will be the first time a volume will be compiled focusing on South American monkeys as models to address and test critical issues in the study of nonhuman primates. In addition, the volume will serve an important compliment to the book on Mesoamerican primates recently published in the series under the DIPR book series. The book will be of interest to a broad range of scientists in various disciplines, ranging from primatology, to animal behavior, animal ecology, conservation biology, veterinary science, animal husbandry, anthropology, and natural resource management. Moreover, although the volume will highlight South American primates, chapters will not simply review particular taxa or topics. Rather the focus of each chapter is to examine the nature and range of primate responses to changes in their ecological and social environments, and to use data on South American monkeys to address critical theoretical questions in the study of primate behavior, ecology, and conservation. Thus, we anticipate that the volume will be widely read by a broad range of students and researchers interested in prosimians, New World monkeys, Old World monkeys, apes, humans, as well as animal behavior and tropical biology.
Primate Ecology and Social Structure: Lorises, lemurs and tarsiers
Primate Ecology and Social Structure: Lorises, lemurs and tarsiers - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Primate Ecology and Social Structure: Lorises, lemurs and tarsiers write by Robert W. Sussman. This book was released on 1999. Primate Ecology and Social Structure: Lorises, lemurs and tarsiers available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. For upper level biology courses on primates. This is the first resource in forty years, which reviews the latest writings and research dealing with prosimians. There are no other books available that deal with primate ecology and the behavior of free-ranging primates. This represents the most in-depth coverage, initially characterizing these animals as they exist in their least disturbed state, then comparing behavior in disturbed situations and captivity in order to gain a better understanding of primate behavior and primate communities. Each major taxonomic group is covered, including information on locomotion and habitat, diet, activity cycles, predation, social organization, communication, reproduction and infant development. Primate Ecology is well illustrated with over 130 figures and plates.
The Psychological Well-Being of Nonhuman Primates
The Psychological Well-Being of Nonhuman Primates - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook The Psychological Well-Being of Nonhuman Primates write by National Research Council. This book was released on 1998-11-03. The Psychological Well-Being of Nonhuman Primates available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. A 1985 amendment to the Animal Welfare Act requires those who keep nonhuman primates to develop and follow appropriate plans for promoting the animals' psychological well-being. The amendment, however, provides few specifics. The Psychological Well-Being of Nonhuman Primates recommends practical approaches to meeting those requirements. It focuses on what is known about the psychological needs of primates and makes suggestions for assessing and promoting their well-being. This volume examines the elements of an effective care programâ€"social companionship, opportunities for species-typical activity, housing and sanitation, and daily care routinesâ€"and provides a helpful checklist for designing a plan for promoting psychological well-being. The book provides a wealth of specific and useful information about the psychological attributes and needs of the most widely used and exhibited nonhuman primates. Readable and well-organized, it will be welcomed by animal care and use committees, facilities administrators, enforcement inspectors, animal advocates, researchers, veterinarians, and caretakers.
