Owl Monkeys

Owl Monkeys

Biology, Adaptive Radiation, and Behavioral Ecology of the Only Nocturnal Primate in the Americas

Fernandez-Duque, Eduardo

Springer International Publishing AG

09/2024

767

Mole

9783031135576

15 a 20 dias

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Part I. Paleontology, Phylogeography, Taxonomy and Historical Perspectives on the Study of Owl Monkeys.- Cebid or Pitheciid: An Evolutionary History of Aotus, the Owl Monkey.- Phylogeography of the Owl Monkey.- Indigenous Records of Owl Monkeys, Early Explorers, Historical and Current Review of the Studies of Owl Monkeys (15th-20th centuries).- The Owl Monkey Project of Argentina: 30 years of field research, education and conservation.- Taxonomy and Distribution.- Part II. Morphology, Genetics, Endocrinology, Circadian biology.- Genomics.- Diet, Dentition, and Jaw Shape in Aotus.- Molecular Phylogenetics.- Reproductive Ecology and Behavioral Endocrinology of Owl Monkeys.- Behavioral, Physiological and Morphological Thermoregulatory Adaptations.- Part III. Behavioral Ecology.- Field Methods for the Study of Owl Monkeys.- Patterns of nocturnal activity by night monkeys (Aotus spp.) in the tropics.- Cathemerality in Azara's owl monkeys of Argentina..- Social Behavior in Owl Monkeys.- Paternal care in owl monkeys.- Dispersal: a critical life-history stage influencing populations, social dynamics, and individual fitness.- The great unknown - what we (do not) know about floaters..- Intraspecific communication among owl monkeys..- Owl Monkey Diet and Feeding Ecology..- Part IV.- Correlates of population densities and occupancy rates in night monkeys.- Population Status and Conservation of the Panamanian Night Monkey Aotus zonalis..- Population assessment and strategies for the conservation of Nancy Ma's night monkey populations at the Colombian-Peruvian Amazon border.- Conservation of Aotus sp. in anthropogenic habitats in the Andes.- Trade in owl monkeys.- Part V. Integration of Research on Captive and Wild Populations.- The owl monkey colony at the Michale Keeling Center for Comparative Medicine.- The owl monkeys of the DuMond Conservancy in Miami, USA - a scientific, educational and community asset.
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aotus cebid or Pithecid;Aotus zonalis;night monkeys;Argentinian monkeys;new world primates;South american monkeys;Amazonian monkeys;neotropical Primates;Biological Taxonomy