Primate Life Histories and Socioecology Hardcover - 2003 - 1st Edition
by Peter M. Kappeler (Editor); Michael E. Pereira (Editor)
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One major goal socioecology is to explain the evolution of diversity among social systems, which are defined in relation to both groupings characteristics and the nature of social and mating relationships within groups.
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We know a great deal about roles the environment plays in shaping survival, reproductive success, and even social systems among primates. But how do primate life histories affect social systems and vice versa? Do baboons' patterns of growth, for example, help to structure their societies? Does fission-fusion sociality interact with predator pressure to influence the timing of maturation in chimpanzees? Exploring these issues and many others, the contributors to Primate Life Histories and Socioecology provide the first systematic attempt to understand relationships among primate life histories, ecology, and social behavior conjointly. Topics covered include how primate life histories interact with rates of evolution, predator pressure, and diverse social structures; how the slow maturation of primates affects the behavior of both young and adult caregivers; and reciprocal relationships between large brains and increased social and behavioral complexity. The first collection of its kind, this book will interest a wide range of researchers, from anthropologists and evolutionary biologists to psychologists and ecologists. Contributors:
Paul-Michael Agapow, Susan C. Alberts, Jeanne Altmann, Robert A. Barton, Nicholas G. Blurton Jones, Robert O. Deaner, Robin I. M. Dunbar, Jörg U. Ganzhorn, Laurie R. Godfrey, Kristen Hawkes, Nick J. B. Isaac, Charles H. Janson, Kate E. Jones, William L. Jungers, Peter M. Kappeler, Susanne Klaus, Phyllis C. Lee, Steven R. Leigh, Robert D. Martin, James F. O'Connell, Sylvia Ortmann, Michael E. Pereira, Andy Purvis, Caroline Ross, Karen E. Samonds, Jutta Schmid, Stephen C. Stearns, Michael R. Sutherland, Carel P. van Schaik, and Andrea J. Webster.
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- Title Primate Life Histories and Socioecology
- Author Peter M. Kappeler (Editor); Michael E. Pereira (Editor)
- Binding Hardcover
- Edition number 1st
- Edition 1
- Pages 416
- Volumes 1
- Language ENG
- Publisher University of Chicago Press
- Date February 1, 2003
- Illustrated Yes
- ISBN 9780226424637 / 0226424634
- Weight 1.45 lbs (0.66 kg)
- Dimensions 9.44 x 6.28 x 1.14 in (23.98 x 15.95 x 2.90 cm)
- Library of Congress subjects Primates - Ecology, Primates - Behavior - Evolution
- Library of Congress Catalog Number 2002010920
- Dewey Decimal Code 599.815
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