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Preface | |
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Introduction to Primate Studies | |
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Primates as Study Subjects | |
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Descriptive Studies | |
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Box 1.1: Clues from Captivity | |
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Evolutionary Models and Problem-Oriented Studies | |
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Conservation Applications | |
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Traits, Trends, and Taxonomy | |
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Box 2.1: the Notable Neocortex | |
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Distinguishing Traits | |
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Cladistic Analyses | |
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Box 2.2: Fundamentals of Food Processing | |
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Phylogenetic Analyses of Behavior | |
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Primates Past to Present | |
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Evolutionary History | |
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Primate Diversity in the Past | |
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Box 3.1: Mosaic Nature of Human Evolution | |
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Interpreting Diversity Today | |
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Box 3.2: Hybrid Baboons | |
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Box 3.3: Lucky Lemurs | |
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Evolution and Social Behavior | |
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Natural Selection | |
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Box 4.1: MHC Genes | |
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Box 4.2 Menopause | |
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Kin Selection and Reciprocal Altruism | |
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Box 4.3: Multi-Level Selection | |
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Individual Strategies and Social Organizations | |
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Evolution and Sex | |
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Sexual Selection | |
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Sexual Dimorphism | |
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Mating Patterns | |
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Box 5.1: Gibbon Games and Tarsier Tactics | |
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Female Mating Strategies | |
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Male Rank and Reproductive Success | |
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Food, Foraging, and Females | |
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Food Quality | |
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Box 6.1: Forest Pharmacy | |
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The Spatial Distribution of Food | |
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The Temporal Availability of Food Resources | |
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Box 6.2: the Power of Food | |
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Interpreting Diets and Their Behavioral Correlates | |
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Female Strategies | |
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Ecology of Female Relationships | |
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Social Dynamics in Female Groups | |
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Box 7.1: Mysterious Matrilineage and Market Theory | |
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Population Consequences of Female Strategies | |
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Male Strategies | |
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Ecology of Male Relationships | |
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Box 8.1: Using and Misusing Infants | |
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Social Dynamics Among Males | |
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Box 8.2: Beyond the Group | |
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Population Dynamics | |
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Developmental Stages Through the Lifespan | |
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Fertilization to Birth | |
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Infancy | |
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Box 9.1: Parental Prolactin | |
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Weaning Conflict | |
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Juvenile Challenges | |
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Puberty | |
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Adulthood and Aging | |
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Population Consequences of Life Histories | |
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Communication and Cognition | |
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Components of Communication Systems | |
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Modes of Primate Communication | |
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Cognition | |
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Implications for the Ethical Treatment of Primates | |
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Box 10.1: Rehabilitation, Reintroduction, and Sanctuary | |
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Community Ecology | |
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Primate Communities | |
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Box 11.1: Primates and Parasites | |
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Predator-Prey Interactions | |
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Box 11.2: Predatory Perspectives | |
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Primate-Plant Interactions | |
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Conservation of Communities | |
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Conservation | |
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Threats to Primates | |
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Conservation Policies | |
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Box 12.1: the Primates' People | |
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Noninvasive Research | |
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The Next Millennium | |
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Appendix: Primate Names | |
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Bibliography | |
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Glossary | |
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Index | |