{"product_id":"the-guenons-diversity-and-adaptation-in-african-monkeys-9781475776546","title":"The Guenons Diversity and Adaptation in African Monkeys","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIt has been twelve years since a work relating to the long-tailed African monkeys known as the guenons has been published and fifteen years have passed since the last major scientific symposium was held that was                            solely dedicated to current research on members of this monkey group living in the wild. Since that time, new guenon species and subspecies have been discovered, previously unstudied guenon species have become the subject of                            long-term research projects, and knowledge of the more well-known guenon species has greatly increased. This volume presents novel information and keen insight on research previously studied and newly discovered. A wide range                            of topics related to guenon biology is presented, including evolution, taxonomy, biogeography, reproductive physiology, social and positional behavior, ecology, and conservation. Composed of 26 chapters compiled by 47 authors,                            ma\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e`\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe Guenons\u003c\/em\u003e is encyclopedic in its coverage of  this remarkably diverse group of primates. From chapters on  evolutionary history, behavior, ecology, and conservation, The Guenons  also offers a window into the world of primatology, as seen through  the lenses of these monkeys and the researchers who study them. Glenn  and Cords should be commended for assembling such an impressive set of  contributions from so many guenon experts. This volume will be the  standard reference on the guenons for many years to come.\u003cstrong\u003e'\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003cbr\u003e  \u003cstrong\u003eKaren B. Strier, University of Wisconsin-Madison\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003cbr\u003e  \u003cstrong\u003e`\u003c\/strong\u003eThis book is a cornucopia of recently-gathered knowledge about  the natural history of Africas most species-rich group of anthropoids.  The volume is particularly strong on behavioral ecology, but it also  presents important new evolutionary analyses and, in a useful section  on conservation, makes practical suggestions to address the growing  threats posed to the survival of African primates by ever-increasing  habitat loss and hunting.\u003cstrong\u003e'\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003cbr\u003e  \u003cstrong\u003eJohn F. Oates, Hunter College\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003cbr\u003e  \u003cstrong\u003e`\u003c\/strong\u003eGuenons are one of the most specifically diverse groups of  living primates, but the true extent of their behavioral, ecological,  and phylogenetic diversity has remained largely unappreciated. This  exciting volume describes many new aspects of guenon biology. The  authors use the diversity of guenons to address, and often question,  several major tenets of primate socioecology. Most significantly, this  volume thoroughly demolishes the view that guenons are a uniform  radiation.\u003cstrong\u003e'\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003cbr\u003e  \u003cstrong\u003eJohn G. Fleagle, State University of New York at Stony Brook\u003c\/strong\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e  \u003cstrong\u003e`\u003c\/strong\u003eA comprehensive and valuable collection and an essential  reference for any primatologists. Highly recommended.\u003cstrong\u003e'\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003cbr\u003e  \u003cstrong\u003eL. Swedell, CUNY Queens College in \u003cstrong\u003eChoice, November 2003\u003c\/strong\u003e  \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eList of Contributors. Preface. Part I: Evolutionary  Biology and Biogeography. 1. The Guenons: An Overview  of Taxonomy and Diversity; T.M. Butynski. 2. Y-chromosomal  Window onto the History of Terrestrial Adaptation in the  Cercopithecini; A.J. Tosi, et al. 3. Molecular Timescale  and Gene Tree Incongruence in the Guenons; T. Disotell, R.  Raaum. 4. Phylogeny of the Cercopithecus lhoesti  Group Revisited: Combining Multiple Character sets; J.-P. Gautier,  et al. 5. Terrestriality and the Maintenance of the Disjunct  Geographical Distribution in the lhoesti group; B. Kaplin.  6. A Biogeographical Analysis of Central African Guenons; M.  Colyn, P. Deleporte. 7. Hybridization Between Red-tailed  Monkeys (Cercopithecus ascanius) and Blue Monkeys (C.  mitis) in East African forests; K. Detwiler. 8. Genetic  Study of Translocated Guenons: Cercopithecus mona on Grenada; K.A.  Horsburgh, et al. Part II: Behavior. 9. Diversity of  Guenon Positional Behavior; W.S. McGraw. 10. Unique  Behavior of Mona Monkeys, Cercopithecus mona: All-male Groups  and Copulation Calls; M.E. Glenn, et al. 11. Group  Fission in Red-tailed Guenons (Cercopithecus ascanius) in  the Kibale National Park, Uganda; T. Windfelder, J.S.  Lwanga. 12. Interindividual Proximity and Surveillance of  Associates in Comparative Perspective; A. Treves, P. Baguma.  13. Why Vervets (Cercopithecus aethiops) Live in  Multi-male Groups; L.A. Isbell, et al. 14. When are  There Influxes in Blue Monkey Groups? M. Cords. 15. Costs  and Benefits of Alternative Mating Strategies in Samango Monkey Males;  M.C. Macleod, et al. 16. Female Reproductive Endocrinology  in Wild Blue Monkeys: a Preliminary Assessment and Discussion of  Potential Adaptive Functions; K. Pazol, et al. 17.  Grooming and Social Cohesion in Patas Monkeys and Other Female-bonded  Guenons; J. Chism, W. Rogers. 18. Development of  Mother-infant Relationships and Infant Behavior in Wild Blue Monkeys  (Cercopithecus mitis); S. Förster, M. Cords.  19. Influence of Foraging Adaptations on Play Activity in  Red-tailed and Blue Monkeys with Comparisons to Colobus Monkey;  E.A. Worch. 20. Effects of Natural and Sexual  Selection on the Evolution of Guenon Loud Calls; K.  Zuberbühler. Part III: Ecology. 21. Resource  Switching in Guenons: a Community Analysis of Dietary Flexiblity;  J. Lambert. 22. Variation in the Diet of  Cercopithecus species: Differences Within Forests, Among Forests  and Across Species; C.A. Chapman, et al. 23. Diet of the  Roloway Monkey, Cercopithecus diana roloway, in Bia  National Park, Ghana; S. Hunt Curtin. Part IV:  Conservation. 24. Conservation of Fragmented Populations  of Cercopithecus mitis in South Africa: the Role of  Reintroduction, Corridors and Metapopulation Ecology; M.J.  Lawes. 25. Assessing Extinction Risk in Cercopithecus  monkeys; T. Ukizintambara, C. Thebaud. 26.  Conservation of the Guenons: An Overview of Status, Threats, and  Recommendations; T.M. Butynski. Editors' Conclusion. Literature  Cited. Index.","brand":"Springer-Verlag New York Inc.","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51770044481879,"sku":"9781475776546","price":170.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9781475776546.jpg?v=1758723888","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/the-guenons-diversity-and-adaptation-in-african-monkeys-9781475776546","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}