Indonesian Primates

• Συγγραφή απο Οργανισμό/Αρχή: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Άλλοι συγγραφείς: Gursky, Sharon (Επιμελητής έκδοσης), Supriatna, Jatna (Επιμελητής έκδοσης)
• Μορφή: Ηλεκτρονική πηγή Ηλ. βιβλίο
• Γλώσσα: English
• Έκδοση: New York, NY : Springer New York : Imprint: Springer, 2010.
• Σειρά: Developments in Primatology: Progress and Prospects
• Θέματα: Life sciences.; Behavioral sciences.; Developmental biology.; Ecology.; Animal physiology.; Nature conservation.; Anthropology.; Life Sciences.; Behavioral Sciences.; Developmental Biology.; Animal Physiology.; Nature Conservation.

Edited by two internationally renowned primatologists, this new text synthesizes current research on the primates of Indonesia, which include apes, monkeys, and prosimians. It is published at a crucial time as anxiety over the fate of the Indonesian primate population is rising. One study concluded...

Πίνακας περιεχομένων:

• Indonesia’s Apes
• Measuring Performance of Orangutan Protection and Monitoring Unit: Implications for Species Conservation
• Communication, Culture and Conservation in Orangutans
• The Natural History of Sumatran Orangutan (Pongo abelii)
• Javan Gibbon (Hylobates moloch): Population and Conservation
• Siamang Socioecology in Spatiotemporally Heterogenous Landscapes: Do “Typical” Groups Exist?
• Impact of Forest Fragmentation on Ranging and Home Range of Siamang (Symphalangus syndactylus) and Agile Gibbons (Hylobates agilis)
• Behavioural Ecology of Gibbons (Hylobates albibarbis) in a Degraded Peat-Swamp Forest
• Effect of Habitat Quality on Primate Populations in Kalimantan: Gibbons and Leaf Monkeys as Case Studies
• Indonesia’s Monkeys
• Predator Recognition in the Absence of Selection
• The Relationship Between Nonhuman Primate Densities and Vegetation on the Pagai, Mentawai Islands, Indonesia
• Proboscis Monkey (Nasalis larvatus): Bio-ecology and Conservation
• Pests, Pestilence, and People: The Long-Tailed Macaque and Its Role in the Cultural Complexities of Bali
• The Not-So-Sacred Monkeys of Bali: A Radiographic Study of Human-Primate Commensalism
• Male–Male Affiliation in Sulawesi Tonkean Macaques
• Ecology and Conservation of the Hose’s Langur Group (Colobinae: Presbytis hosei, P. canicrus, P. sabana): A Review
• Thomas Langurs: Ecology, Sexual Conflict and Social Dynamics
• Dominance and Reciprocity in the Grooming Relationships of Female Long-Tailed Macaques (Macaca fascicularis) in Indonesia
• Selamatkan Yaki! Conservation of Sulawesi Crested Black Macaques Macaca nigra
• Indonesia’s Prosimians
• The Function of Scentmarking in Spectral Tarsiers
• The Population Ecology of Dian’s Tarsier
• Using Facial Markings to Unmask Diversity: The Slow Lorises (Primates: Lorisidae: Nycticebus spp.) of Indonesia
• Conclusions.