Author: Katherine L. West (Ecologist)Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 212
Book Description
The Ecology and Behavior of the Siamang (Hylobates Syndactylus) in Sumatera
Author: Katherine L. West (Ecologist)Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 212
Book Description
Pair Bonds and Monogamy in Wild Siamang (Hylobates Syndactylus) and White-handed Gibbon (Hylobates Lar) in Northern Sumatra
Author: Ryne Arthur PalombitPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Courtship in animals
Languages : en
Pages : 958
Book Description
The Gibbons
Author: Susan LappanPublisher: Springer Science & Business Media
ISBN: 0387886044
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 518
Book Description
It is a great honor to be asked to introduce this exciting new volume, having been heavily involved in the first comprehensive synthesis in the early 1980s. Gibbons are the most enthralling of primates. On the one hand, they are the most appealing animals, with their upright posture and body shape, facial markings, dramatic arm-swinging locomotion and suspensory postures, and devastating duets; on the other hand, the small apes are the most diverse, hence biologically valuable and informative, of our closest relatives. It is hard for me to believe that it is 40 years to the month since I first set foot on the Malay Peninsula to start my doctoral study of the siamang. I am very proud to have followed in the footsteps of the great pioneer of primate field study, Clarence Ray Carpenter (CR or Ray, who I was fortunate to meet twice, in Pennsylvania and in Zurich), first in Central America (in 1967) and then in Southeast Asia. It is 75 years since he studied howler monkeys on Barro Colorado Island in the Panama Canal Zone. It is 70 years since he studied the white-handed gibbon in Thailand.
Play Behavior in Captive Siamangs (Hylobates Syndactylus) at the International Center for Gibbon Studies
Author: Virginia Ann StockdalePublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Play behavior in animals
Languages : en
Pages : 126
Book Description
Ontogeny of Singing Behavior in a Young Male Siamang (Hylobates Syndactylus)
Author: Dee Ann CramerEvolution of Gibbons and Siamang
Author: Ulrich H. ReichardPublisher: Springer
ISBN: 1493956140
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 359
Book Description
This volume provides insight into gibbon diet and community ecology, the mating system and reproduction, and conservation biology, all topics which represent areas of substantial progress in understanding socio-ecological flexibility and conservation needs of the hylobatid family. This work analyzes hylobatid evolution by synthesizing recent and ongoing studies of molecular phylogeny, morphology, and cognition in a framework of gibbon and siamang evolution. With its clearly different perspective, this book is written to be read, referenced, and added to the bookshelves of scientists, librarians, and the interested public.
Ecology of Sumatra
Author: Tony WhittenPublisher: Tuttle Publishing
ISBN: 1462905080
Category : Nature
Languages : en
Pages : 556
Book Description
The Ecology of Sumatra distills for the first time the information found in nearly 1,500 scholarly works relevant to an understanding of the full range of natural and man-made ecosystems on the island—many of them available only in Dutch, German or Indonesian. It was originally prepared by a team working at the Centre for Resource and Environmental Studies (CRES) at the University of North Sumatra to supplement existing documents. This new version is aimed at general readers and includes a section on recent development on Sumatra, as well as an additional bibliography of recent publications. It contains hundreds of line drawings, tables, maps and photographs. It is hoped that The Ecology of Sumatra will prove useful to resource managers, ecologists, environmental scientists and local government personnel, and be enlightening to Sumatra’s inhabitants and visitors. It should also be of great interest to anyone wanting to learn about Southeast Asian biology.
Primate Socioecology
Author: Lynne A. IsbellPublisher: JHU Press
ISBN: 1421448912
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 267
Book Description
This game-changing book questions long-accepted rules of primate socioecology and redefines the field from the ground up. In Primate Socioecology, renowned researcher Lynne A. Isbell offers a fresh perspective on primate social organizations that redefines the field from the ground up. Through her innovative Variable Home Range Sharing model, Isbell unravels the mystery of why some primates live alone while others live in pairs or groups—a question that has perplexed scientists for decades. This new approach diverges from the traditional focus on predation pressure as the main determinant of primate social organization to reveal deeper ecological causes of primate behavior. The implications of this shift are profound, underscoring the critical importance of a behavioral-ecological mechanism in which varying movement strategies affect which females share their home ranges and ultimately pointing to a new functional classification system for primate social organizations. Isbell also discusses: • a supportive test of predicted movement strategies using activity budgets • why thermal constraints explain the dichotomy between small nocturnal primates and large diurnal primates • the role of sensory differences in nocturnal solitary foragers versus diurnal group-living primates Useful as both an introduction to primate socioecology and for those seeking a robust examination of the topic, Primate Socioecology addresses scientific debates about primate social organizations and invites researchers to question long-held assumptions.
Folia Primatologica
Author: Gibbon Conservation in the Anthropocene
Author: Susan M. CheynePublisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 1108479413
Category : Nature
Languages : en
Pages : 349
Book Description
This volume brings together current research and practice on gibbon conservation, ecology, taxonomy and phylogenetics.