High Altitude Primates

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Grow, Nanda B. (Editor), Gursky-Doyen, Sharon (Editor), Krzton, Alicia (Editor)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: New York, NY : Springer New York : Imprint: Springer, 2014.
• Series: Developments in Primatology: Progress and Prospects
• Subjects: Life sciences.; Animal ecology.; Conservation biology.; Ecology.; Evolutionary biology.; Zoology.; Life Sciences.; Conservation Biology/Ecology.; Evolutionary Biology.; Animal Ecology.

Primates are remarkably adaptable animals that have gone through multiple radiations across a wide range of habitats.  Habitats found at high altitudes provide particular challenges for resident primate populations.  Landscapes at high altitudes tend to be less productive than neighboring areas at l...