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List of Figures | |
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List of Tables | |
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Preface | |
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Acknowledgments | |
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The Research Question | |
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Study Species-Vervets and Patas Monkeys | |
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Questions and Hypotheses | |
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Socioecological Theory: Food Resources and Primate Behavior | |
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Scramble and Contest Competition | |
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Social Dominance | |
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Models of Female Social Relationships | |
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Testing the Models on Segera: A Natural Ecological Experiment | |
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Holding Habitat Constant | |
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Other Factors Potentially Affecting Female Social Behavior | |
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Project Goals Revisited | |
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Study Groups | |
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Study Subjects | |
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Measuring Primate Behavior and Ecology | |
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"Measuring" Ecology | |
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Measuring Food Availability | |
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Commonly Used Methods | |
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Primates' Perceptions of the Foods Available to Them | |
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Clumped Resources and Within-Group Contest Competition | |
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Foods Available to Vervet and Patas Monkeys | |
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Hypotheses and Predictions | |
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Defining a Food Patch | |
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Measuring Food Availability | |
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Large-Scale Food Availability | |
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Small-Scale Food Availability | |
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Swollen Thorns and Obligate Ants | |
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Individual Foods in Riverine Habitat | |
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Nutritional Value of Foods | |
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Food Availability on Segera | |
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Feeding Behavior of Patas and Vervet Monkeys | |
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Studying the Feeding Behavior of Sympatric Species | |
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Patas and Vervet Monkeys: Expected Differences and Similarities | |
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Whistling-Thorn Acacia: Why Focus on One Food Species? | |
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Feeding Behavior of Vervets and Patas Monkeys | |
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Continuous Sampling | |
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Bout Sampling | |
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Rank-Related Differences in Feeding Behavior | |
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Patch Depletion | |
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Monkeys, Acacia, and Ants | |
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Species Differences | |
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Within-Species Differences According to Rank | |
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Food Availability's Influence on Competition and Dominance in Vervets | |
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The Concept of Dominance | |
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Testing Hypotheses | |
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Results: Contest Competition and Dominance in Vervets | |
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Dominance Patterns and Feeding Competition in Vervets | |
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The Significance of Dominance to Vervets | |
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Dominance Style in Segera Vervets | |
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"Typical" Cercopithecines? | |
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Why a Stable, Linear Dominance Hierarchy on Segera? | |
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Comparing Vervet and Patas Monkeys in Whistling-Thorn Woodland | |
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Questions and Predictions | |
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Agonistic and Dominance Behavior | |
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The Link Between Food Availability and Competitive Regime | |
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Dominance in Adult Females | |
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Feeding Competition and Primates' Foods | |
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Significance of Feeding Contest Competition to Vervets and Patas Monkeys | |
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Testing Predictions of Models of Female Primate Behavior and Ecology | |
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Female Contest Competition and Dominance in Vervets and Patas Monkeys on Segera | |
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How Do the Models Rate? | |
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Summary and Implications for Future Research | |
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References | |
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Index | |