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The Spectral Tarsier
Sharon L. Gursky, Texas A&M University

ISBN-10: 0131893327
ISBN-13: 9780131893320

Publisher: Prentice Hall
Copyright: 2007
Format: Paper; 256 pp
Published: 09/01/2006

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Part of Prentice Hall's Primate Field Studies series. The Spectral Tarier shares the results of long-term field study by Sharon L. Gursky with a broad audience.

 

 

Chapter 1:  Taxonomic History                                                          

 

Chapter 2:  Field Site and Data Collection Methods                           

 

Chapter 3:  Ecological and Social Factors Selecting for Gregariousness:

 

Chapter 4:  Ecological and Social Factors Selecting for Gregariousness

 

Chapter 5: Infant Care and the Cost of Infant Transport                  

 

Chapter 6: The Cost of Nonmaternal Caretakers: Paternal and Subadult Infant Care                                         

 

Chapter 7: Conservation Status of Spectral Tarsiers                     

 

Chapter 8: Summary and Conclusions  

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This title is a member of the Primate Field Studies, which also contains the titles below . You can also visit the Primate Field Studies page.

    Part of Prentice Hall's Primate Field Studies series.  The Behavioral Ecology of Callimicos and Tamarins in Northwestern Bolivia offers students a scholary and relevant study of these rainforest dwellers.

  • 0131914707The Behavioral Ecology of Callimicos and Tamarins in Northwestern Bolivia
    Porter
    © 2007 | Prentice Hall | Paper; 192 pages | Instock
    ISBN-10: 0131914707 | ISBN-13: 9780131914704
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    • Primatologists have long viewed small fruiting trees, like figs, as the reason for gibbons’ territorial and monogamous behavior.  However, at Khao Yai National Park in Thailand where gibbons are prevalent, figs are one of the largest trees in the forest.  In this long-term field study, Bartlett takes up this apparent contradiction, and follows gibbons as their major food sources wax and wane over time.

     

    The titles in the Primate Field Studies series impart the comprehensive results of long-term field studies to a broad audience at a critical time.  Long-term field studies often have a cohesive story to tell which encompasses many different topics, from group size and food distribution, to social behavior, reproduction, and demography.  The comprehensive and accessible monographs can supplement textbooks or may be used as a stand-alone text in upper-level primatology courses.

     

     

     

  • 0131915045Gibbons of Khao Yai, The: Seasonal Variation in Behavior and Ecology
    Bartlett
    © 2009 | Prentice Hall | Paper; 192 pages | Instock
    ISBN-10: 0131915045 | ISBN-13: 9780131915046
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    • For upper-level and/or graduate level Primatology or Biological Anthropology courses.

     

    Socioecology of Adult Female Patas Monkeys and Vervet in Kenya, East Africa provides students with a glimpse into a research project from start to finish.  It discusses basic issues of studying primates and explores one of the major theories that has defined primatology for several decades. This text not only contributes detail on primate behavior, but also on the ecological variables that influence primate behavior.  These are often difficult to measure, but the unique environment at the study site enabled the author to address questions that are much more difficult to answer elsewhere.

     



  • 0131927876Socioecology of Adult Female Patas Monkeys and Vervet in Kenya
    Pruetz
    © 2009 | Prentice Hall | Paper; 192 pages | Instock
    ISBN-10: 0131927876 | ISBN-13: 9780131927872
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    • Part of Prentice Hall's Primate Field Studies series. The Spectral Tarier shares the results of long-term field study by Sharon L. Gursky with a broad audience.

     

     

  • 0131893327The Spectral Tarsier
    Gursky
    © 2007 | Prentice Hall | Paper; 256 pages | Instock
    ISBN-10: 0131893327 | ISBN-13: 9780131893320
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    • For upper-level undergraduate courses on primate behavior and ecology.

     

    The first book in the new Primate Field Studies Series.

     

    This book describes the first field study focusing on the behavior of hamadryas females in the wild. In its attempt to rectify the male-biased view of hamadryas baboon behavior that has persisted over the decades, this book suggests that female behavior contributes more to hamadryas social organization than has previously been assumed and that females may, in fact, be acting in their own best interests after all.

  • 0131845489Strategies of Sex and Survival Hamadryas Baboons: Through a Female Lens
    Swedell
    © 2006 | Prentice Hall | Paper; 288 pages | Instock
    ISBN-10: 0131845489 | ISBN-13: 9780131845480
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