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Monkeys of the Taï Forest

A great deal has been written about primates; however few volumes have focused on an entire community of sympatric monkeys at a single site. Drawing upon diverse sets of data, the authors provide a multi-thematic case study of the entire monkey community of the Tai forest (Ivory Coast). Much of Monkeys of the Taï Forest explores how the seven monkey species have adapted to hunting pressures from chimpanzees, leopards, crowned eagles and humans. Other themes covered include feeding ecology, social behaviour, positional behaviour and habitat use, vocal communication and conservation. Colour photographs of all species are provided, showing the major behavioural characteristics of each, as little is known about these West African monkeys.

This scientifically important volume will be of interest to a broad audience including primatologists, functional anatomists, psychologists, and behavioural ecologists.

Please note that plans for a paperback version were cancelled.

Contents

1: The monkeys of the Taï Forest: an introduction W. S. McGraw and K. Zuberbühler

Part I. Social Behavior:
2. The social system of guenons P. Buzzard and W .Eckardt
3: How small-scale differences in food competition lead to different social systems in three closely related sympatric colobines A. H. Korstjens, K. Bergman, C.Deffernez, M. Krebs, E. C. Nijssen, BAM van Oirschot, C Paukert, E. P. Schippers
4. The structure of social relationships among sooty mangabeys in Taï F. Range, T. Forderer, Y. Meystre, C. Benetton, and C. Fruteau

Part II. Anti-Predation Strategies:
5. Interactions between leopard and monkeys K. Zuberbühler and D. Jenny
6. Interactions between red colobus and chimpanzees R. Bshary
7. Interactions between African crowned eagles and their primate prey community S. Shultz and S. Thomsett
8. Semantic information in alarm calls K. Zuberbühler

Part III. Habitat Use:
9. Positional behavior and habitat use of Taï Forest monkeys W. S. McGraw

Part IV. Conservation:
10. Can monkey behavior be used as an indicator for poaching pressure? A case study of the Diana guenon (Cercopithecus diana) and the western red colobus (Procolobus badius) I. Kone and J. Refisch
11. Vulnerability and conservation of the Taï Forest monkeys W. S. McGraw.

About the author

W. Scott McGraw is Associate Professor in the Department of Anthropology at The Ohio State University and Affiliated Research Scientist at Yerkes National Primate Research Center, Emory University in Atlanta, Georgia.

Klaus Zuberbühler is a Reader in the School of Psychology at the University of St Andrews, Scotland.

Ronald Noë is a Professor at the University of Louis-Pasteur and the Department of Ecology, Physiology and Ethology (IPHC-CNRS), Strasbourg, France.

Specifications

Pm Supplier	CUP/ Cambridge University Press
Pm Publisher	Cambridge University Press
Pm Isbn 10	0521816335
Pm Isbn 13	9780521816335
Pm Publication Date	2007-05-10
Pm Width	157
Pm Height	21
Pm Author	McGraw,W Scott, Zuberbühler,Klaus, Noë,Ronald
Pm Longness	234

An African Primate Community
Key Info: colour plates, b/w photos, b/w illustrations, tables
Author: McGraw,W Scott, Zuberbühler,Klaus, Noë,Ronald
Page Count: 328
Publication Date: 2007-05-10