Primate Socioecology
eBook - ePub

Primate Socioecology

Shifting Perspectives

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  3. Available on iOS & Android
eBook - ePub

Primate Socioecology

Shifting Perspectives

About this book

This game-changing book questions long-accepted rules of primate socioecology and redefines the field from the ground up.

In Primate Socioecology, renowned researcher Lynne A. Isbell offers a fresh perspective on primate social organizations that redefines the field from the ground up.

Through her innovative Variable Home Range Sharing model, Isbell unravels the mystery of why some primates live alone while others live in pairs or groups—a question that has perplexed scientists for decades. This new approach diverges from the traditional focus on predation pressure as the main determinant of primate social organization to reveal deeper ecological causes of primate behavior. The implications of this shift are profound, underscoring the critical importance of a behavioral-ecological mechanism in which varying movement strategies affect which females share their home ranges and ultimately pointing to a new functional classification system for primate social organizations.

Isbell also discusses:
• a supportive test of predicted movement strategies using activity budgets
• why thermal constraints explain the dichotomy between small nocturnal primates and large diurnal primates
• the role of sensory differences in nocturnal solitary foragers versus diurnal group-living primates

Useful as both an introduction to primate socioecology and for those seeking a robust examination of the topic, Primate Socioecology addresses scientific debates about primate social organizations and invites researchers to question long-held assumptions.

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Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. Title Page
  3. Copyright Page
  4. Contents
  5. List of Tables
  6. Preface
  7. Acknowledgments
  8. Chapter 1 Highlights in the History of Primate Socioecology
  9. Chapter 2 Dispersal and Philopatry
  10. Chapter 3 The Variable Home Range Sharing Model and Its Classification System for Primate Social Organizations
  11. Chapter 4 Movement Strategies Help Identify Constraints on Home Range Expansion and Their Importance for Female Social Organizations
  12. Chapter 5 Beginning to Test the Variable Home Range Sharing Model
  13. Chapter 6 Problems with Predation as a Selective Force on Primate Social Organizations
  14. Chapter 7 Resolving the Nocturnal/Diurnal and Solitary/Group Forager Divides
  15. Chapter 8 Male Contributions to Female Social Organizations
  16. Chapter 9 Answers to Some Questions about the Model
  17. Appendix
  18. References
  19. Index