Leaping Ahead Advances in Prosimian Biology /

Leaping Ahead: Advances in Prosimian Biology presents a summary of the state of prosimian biology as we move into the second decade of the 21st century. The book covers a wide range of topics, from assessments of diversity and evolutionary scenarios, through ecophysiology, cognition, behavioral and...

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Συγγραφή απο Οργανισμό/Αρχή: SpringerLink (Online service)
Άλλοι συγγραφείς: Masters, Judith (Επιμελητής έκδοσης), Gamba, Marco (Επιμελητής έκδοσης), Génin, Fabien (Επιμελητής έκδοσης)
Μορφή: Ηλεκτρονική πηγή Ηλ. βιβλίο
Γλώσσα:English
Έκδοση: New York, NY : Springer New York : Imprint: Springer, 2013.
Σειρά:Developments in Primatology: Progress and Prospects
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Διαθέσιμο Online:Full Text via HEAL-Link
Πίνακας περιεχομένων:
  • Part I
  • Systematics and evolution.-1. What’s in a name? Higher level taxonomy of the prosimian primates
  • 2. Species-level diversity among Malagasy lemurs
  • 3. Strepsirhine divergence dates estimated from mitochondrial gene sequences, and the status of Daubentonia madagascariensis
  • 4. Organismal biology, molecular systematics, and phylogenetic reconstruction
  • 5. Is temporal plasticity in lemurs a strategy for dealing with unpredictable or predictable, seasonal environments?
  • Part II. General ecology
  • 6. Anthropoid analogues? Life history variation in Madagascar’s giant extinct lemurs
  • 7. Population genetics, parasitism and long-term population dynamics of Microcebus murinus in littoral forest fragments of south-eastern Madagascar
  • 8. Range shifts of mouse lemurs in south-eastern Madagascar: evidence from mitochondrial genetic data
  • 9. Habitat use by the red slender loris (Loris tardigradus tardigradus) at Masmullah Proposed Forest Reserve in Sri Lanka
  • 10. Forest fragmentation imperils red slender lorises (Loris tardigradus tardigradus) in south-western Sri Lanka
  • 11. Head posture and visual orientation in Loris tardigradus during locomotion on oblique supports
  • 12. Predation on two lemur species in Sahamalaza Peninsula, north-western Madagascar
  • Part III. Behavioral ecology
  • 13. Preliminary results on the behavioral ecology of the hairy-eared dwarf lemur (Allocebus trichotis) in Andasibe, eastern Madagascar
  • 14. Venus in fur: female power in mouse lemurs Microcebus murinus and M. griseorufus
  • 15. Group size, composition and stability in a wild population of blue-eyed black lemurs (Eulemur flavifrons) at Ankarafa, Sahamalaza National Park
  • 16. Eviction and troop reconstruction in a single matriline of ring-tailed lemurs (Lemur catta): what happened when “Grandmother” died?
  • Part IV. Dietary ecology
  • 17. Coprolites associated with Archaeolemur remains in north-western Madagascar suggest dietary diversity and cave use in a subfossil prosimian
  • 18. The dental ecology of ring-tailed lemurs
  • 19. Exudates and animal prey characterize slow loris (Nycticebus pygmaeus, N. coucang, N. javanicus) diet in captivity and after release into the wild
  • 20. Isotopic variability and lemur diet in a dry Madagascan forest: a cautionary tale
  • Part V. Physiological ecology
  • 21. Variable energetic strategies in disturbed and undisturbed rain forests: Eulemur rubriventer fecal cortisol levels in south-eastern Madagascar
  • 22. Photoperiod-related changes of thermoregulatory capacities in adult mouse lemurs (Microcebus murinus)
  • 23. Spoilt for choice: selection of hibernacula by Cheirogaleus medius
  • 24. Seasonality and energy strategies in co-existing mouse lemurs (Microcebus berthae and M. murinus)
  • Part VI. Sensory ecology, communication and cognition
  • 25. The ecology of touch: are prosimians special?
  • 26. The importance of olfaction for predator detection in spectral tarsiers
  • 27. Ecological factors in the size of olfactory structure in perinatal strepsirrhines
  • 28. The sensory ecology of foraging for animal prey
  • 29. Evolution of auditory sensitivity among strepsirhine primates
  • 30. Vocalizations of red slender lorises (Loris tardigradus tardigradus) in Masmullah Proposed Forest Reserve, Sri Lanka
  • 31. Variation in prosimian infant isolation calls and its evolutionary implications
  • 32. Primate serenades: call variation, species diversity and adaptation in nocturnal strepsirhines
  • 33. Noises in the dark: vocal communication in nocturnal pair-living primates
  • 34. The use of Artificial Neural Networks in studying lemur vocal communication
  • 35. A quantitative description of the vocal types emitted in the indri's song
  • 36. What can virtual vocal tracts tell us about lemur communication?
  • 37. Cognitive capacities of captive gray mouse lemurs as evidenced by object manipulation
  • Part VII. Conservation of prosimian
  • 38. Status, distribution and conservation of slender lorises in India
  • 39. Berenty Reserve: past, present and future
  • 40. Berenty Reserve: interactions among the diurnal lemur species in the gallery forest
  • 41. Why do some ring-tailed lemurs feeding on Leucaena not suffer from alopecia syndrome?
  • 42. The impact of alopecia syndrome on female reproductive parameters in ring-tailed lemurs (Lemur catta) in Berenty Reserve, Madagascar
  • 43. Conservation of prosimians in Madagascar: a view from the great red island.