6th Edition

Primate Behavioral Ecology

By Karen B. Strier Copyright 2021
624 Pages 265 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

624 Pages 265 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

624 Pages 265 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

This comprehensive introductory text integrates evolutionary, ecological, and demographic perspectives with new results from field studies and contemporary noninvasive molecular and hormonal techniques to understand how different primates behave and the significance of these insights for primate conservation. Each chapter is organized around the major research themes in the field, with Strier... Read more

Chapter 1. Introduction to Primate Studies

Chapter 2. Traits, Trends, and Taxonomy

Chapter 3. Primates Past to Present

Chapter 4. Evolution and Social Behavior

Chapter 5. Evolution and Sex

Chapter 6. Food and Foraging

Chapter 7. Female Strategies

Chapter 8. Male Strategies

Chapter 9. Developmental Stages through the Life Span

Chapter 10. Communication and Cognition

Chapter 11. Community Ecology

Chapter 12. Conservation

Biography

Karen B. Strier is a Vilas Research Professor and the Irven DeVore Professor of Anthropology and an Affiliate Professor of Integrated Biology at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, where she has been teaching since 1989. Her main research interests are to understand the behavioral ecology of primates from a comparative perspective, and to contribute to conservation efforts on their behalf.