Savanna monkeys : the genus Chlorocebus / Trudy R. Turner, Christopher A. Schmitt, Jennifer Danzy Cramer [editors].

Other author Turner, Trudy R., 1950- editor.
Other author Schmitt, Christopher A., editor.
Other author Cramer, Jennifer Danzy, editor.
Format Electronic
PublicationCambridge, United Kingdom ; New York, NY : Cambridge University Press, 2019.
Description1 online resource
Supplemental ContentProQuest Ebook Central
Subjects
Cercopithecus aethiops.
Primates--Behavior.

Contents Introduction / Trudy R. Turner, Christopher A. Schmitt and Jennifer D. Cramer -- Biological resources for genomic investigation in vervet monkey (Chlorocebus) / Anna J. Jasinska -- Vervet taxonomy / Trudy R. Turner, Christopher A. Schmitt and Jennifer D. Cramer -- The promise of vervet genomics / Wesley C. Warren and Michael J. Montague -- African green monkeys as a natural host of SIV / Cristian Apetrei, Kevin Raehtz and Ivona Pandrea -- The vervet microbiome / Katherine R. Amato -- Population genetics / Trudy R. Turner, Christopher A. Schmitt and Jennifer D. Cramer -- Population genetic structure of vervet monkeys in South Africa / Willem G. Coetzer, Joseph G. Lorenz, Nelson B. Freimer and J. Paul Grobler -- Behavioral ecology of vervets / Trudy R. Turner, Christopher A. Schmitt and Jennifer D. Cramer -- Socioecology of vervet monkeys / Patricia Whitten -- Biological complexity in primate sociality and health / Brandi T. Wren -- Predation and food competition in vervet monkeys (chlorocebus pygerythrus) / Lynne A. Isbell -- Vervet monkeys' social learning abilities / Erica Van De Waal -- Life history / Trudy R. Turner, Christopher A. Schmitt and Jennifer D. Cramer -- The social and thermal competence of wild vervet monkeys / Richard Mcfarland, Peter Henzi and Louise Barrett -- Novelty seeking in vervets : developmental, genetic and environmental influences / Lynn A. Fairbanks -- Measurement of novelty seeking in wild vervet monkeys / Maryjka Blaszczyk -- Causes of variation in the static allometry of morphological structures : a case study with vervet monkeys / Rafael L. Rodríguez, Tegan J. Gaetano, J. Paul Grobler, Nelson B. Freimer -- Ethnoprimatology / Trudy R. Turner, Christopher A. Schmitt and Jennifer D. Cramer -- Exploring Caribbean vervet monkeys (Chlorocebus aethiops sabaeus) through an ethnoprimatological lens / Kerry M. Dore -- Vervet monkeys (Chlorocebus pygerthrus), chimpanzees (Pan troglodytes), and humans (Homo sapiens) : studying interactions using stable isotope analysis / Matt Sponheimer, James E. Loudon, J. Paul Grobler, Kimberly Moyer, Joseph G. Lorenz.
Abstract "Living across Africa and the Caribbean, this widely dispersed primate population must adapt to different environmental challenges. How do members of the genus Chlorocebus live in desert-like conditions and in areas with freezing temperatures and snow in winter? This book examines the ways these primates adapt genetically, hormonally, physically and behaviourally to their changing landscapes. It features summary chapters for major topics such as behavioural ecology, life history, taxonomy, genetics and ethnoprimatology. Shorter essays supplement the work, with experts detailing their particular research on these primates. The combination of scholarship provides both a comprehensive view of this adaptable genus while enabling the reader to gain depth in specific topics. Developed from a symposium, this book combines decades of experience working with savanna monkeys into a tangible resource, for students and researchers in primatology as well as evolutionary and behavioural studies"-- Provided by publisher.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references and index.
Source of descriptionOnline resource; title from PDF title page (EBSCO, viewed March 29, 2019).
Genre/formElectronic books.
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