| Description |
1 online resource (xii, 412 pages) : illustrations. |
| Physical Medium |
polychrome |
| Description |
text file |
| Series |
Cambridge studies in biological anthropology ; 22
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Cambridge studies in biological anthropology ; 22.
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| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
Comparative method / Ann Maclarnon -- Cladistics as a tool in comparative analysis / Kate Robson-Brown -- Phylogenetically independent comparison and primate phylogeny / Andrew Purvis and Andrea J. Webster -- Sociecology and the evolution of primate reproductive rates / Caroline Ross and Kate E. Jones -- Comparative ecology of postnatal growth and weaning among haplorphine primates / Phyllis C. Lee -- Some current ideas about the evolution of the human life history / Nicholas Blurton Jones, Kristen Hawkes and James F. O'Connell -- Evolutionary ecology of the primate brain / Robert Barton -- Sex and social evolution in primates / Carel P. Van Schaik, Maria A. Van Noordwijk and Charles L. Nunn -- Mating systems, intrasexual competition and sexual dimorphism in primates / J. Michael Plavcan -- Lemur social structure and convergence in primate socioecology / Peter M. Kappeler -- Why is female kin bonding so rare? Comparative sociality of neotropical primates / Karen B. Strier -- Energetics, time budgets and group size / Daisy K. Williamson and Robin Durbar -- Ecology of sex differences in great ape foraging / Allison Bean -- Hominid behavioural evolution / Robert A. Foley -- Evolutionary ecology and cross-cultural comparison / Ruth Mace and Clare Holden. |
| Summary |
Comparative Primate Socioecology is an exciting new book drawing together recent and controversial findings from field research on a wide variety of primate species including lemurs and humans. It creates a new synthesis and provides methodologies for all those interested in human and non-human primate behaviour and evolution. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Primates -- Behavior.
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Primates -- Behavior. |
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Primates -- Ecology.
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Primates -- Ecology. |
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Primates. |
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Primates -- Evolution.
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Primates -- Evolution. |
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Social evolution in animals.
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Social evolution in animals. |
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Primates. |
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Behavior, Animal. |
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Ecology. |
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Evolution. |
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Social Behavior. |
| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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| Added Author |
Lee, Phyllis C.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Comparative primate socioecology. Cambridge, UK ; New York, NY, USA : Cambridge University Press, 1999 0521593360 (DLC) 98036457 (OCoLC)39515796 |
| ISBN |
0511020139 (electronic book) |
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9780511020131 (electronic book) |
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9780511155154 (electronic book) |
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0511155158 (electronic book) |
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051117506X (electronic book) |
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9780511175060 (electronic book) |
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9780511542466 (electronic book) |
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0511542461 (electronic book) |
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9780521593366 |
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0521593360 |
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