Leaping Ahead Advances in Prosimian Biology /
Leaping Ahead: Advances in Prosimian Biology presents a summary of the state of prosimian biology as we move into the second decade of the 21st century. The book covers a wide range of topics, from assessments of diversity and evolutionary scenarios, through ecophysiology, cognition, behavioral and...
| Main Author: | Masters, Judith. |
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| Other Authors: | Gamba, Marco., Génin, Fabien., SpringerLink (Online service) |
| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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New York, NY :
Springer New York : Imprint: Springer,
2013.
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| Physical Description: |
1 online resource (XXV, 409 pages 87 illustrations, 16 illustrations in color. :) : online resource. |
| Series: |
Developments in primatology.
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Table of Contents:
- Part I
- Systematics and evolution.-1. What's in a name? Higher level taxonomy of the prosimian primates
- 2. Species-level diversity among Malagasy lemurs
- 3. Strepsirhine divergence dates estimated from mitochondrial gene sequences, and the status of Daubentonia madagascariensis
- 4. Organismal biology, molecular systematics, and phylogenetic reconstruction
- 5. Is temporal plasticity in lemurs a strategy for dealing with unpredictable or predictable, seasonal environments?
- Part II. General ecology
- 6. Anthropoid analogues? Life history variation in Madagascar's giant extinct lemurs
- 7. Population genetics, parasitism and long-term population dynamics of Microcebus murinus in littoral forest fragments of south-eastern Madagascar
- 8. Range shifts of mouse lemurs in south-eastern Madagascar: evidence from mitochondrial genetic data
- 9. Habitat use by the red slender loris (Loris tardigradus tardigradus) at Masmullah Proposed Forest Reserve in Sri Lanka.
- 10. Forest fragmentation imperils red slender lorises (Loris tardigradus tardigradus) in south-western Sri Lanka
- 11. Head posture and visual orientation in Loris tardigradus during locomotion on oblique supports
- 12. Predation on two lemur species in Sahamalaza Peninsula, north-western Madagascar
- Part III. Behavioral ecology
- 13. Preliminary results on the behavioral ecology of the hairy-eared dwarf lemur (Allocebus trichotis) in Andasibe, eastern Madagascar
- 14. Venus in fur: female power in mouse lemurs Microcebus murinus and M. griseorufus
- 15. Group size, composition and stability in a wild population of blue-eyed black lemurs (Eulemur flavifrons) at Ankarafa, Sahamalaza National Park
- 16. Eviction and troop reconstruction in a single matriline of ring-tailed lemurs (Lemur catta): what happened when "Grandmother" died?
- Part IV. Dietary ecology.
- 17. Coprolites associated with Archaeolemur remains in north-western Madagascar suggest dietary diversity and cave use in a subfossil prosimian
- 18. The dental ecology of ring-tailed lemurs
- 19. Exudates and animal prey characterize slow loris (Nycticebus pygmaeus, N. coucang, N. javanicus) diet in captivity and after release into the wild
- 20. Isotopic variability and lemur diet in a dry Madagascan forest: a cautionary tale
- Part V. Physiological ecology
- 21. Variable energetic strategies in disturbed and undisturbed rain forests: Eulemur rubriventer fecal cortisol levels in south-eastern Madagascar
- 22. Photoperiod-related changes of thermoregulatory capacities in adult mouse lemurs (Microcebus murinus)
- 23. Spoilt for choice: selection of hibernacula by Cheirogaleus medius
- 24. Seasonality and energy strategies in co-existing mouse lemurs (Microcebus berthae and M. murinus)
- Part VI. Sensory ecology, communication and cognition.
- 25. The ecology of touch: are prosimians special?
- 26. The importance of olfaction for predator detection in spectral tarsiers
- 27. Ecological factors in the size of olfactory structure in perinatal strepsirrhines
- 28. The sensory ecology of foraging for animal prey
- 29. Evolution of auditory sensitivity among strepsirhine primates
- 30. Vocalizations of red slender lorises (Loris tardigradus tardigradus) in Masmullah Proposed Forest Reserve, Sri Lanka
- 31. Variation in prosimian infant isolation calls and its evolutionary implications
- 32. Primate serenades: call variation, species diversity and adaptation in nocturnal strepsirhines
- 33. Noises in the dark: vocal communication in nocturnal pair-living primates
- 34. The use of Artificial Neural Networks in studying lemur vocal communication
- 35. A quantitative description of the vocal types emitted in the indri's song
- 36. What can virtual vocal tracts tell us about lemur communication?
- 37. Cognitive capacities of captive gray mouse lemurs as evidenced by object manipulation
- Part VII. Conservation of prosimian
- 38. Status, distribution and conservation of slender lorises in India
- 39. Berenty Reserve: past, present and future
- 40. Berenty Reserve: interactions among the diurnal lemur species in the gallery forest
- 41. Why do some ring-tailed lemurs feeding on Leucaena not suffer from alopecia syndrome?
- 42. The impact of alopecia syndrome on female reproductive parameters in ring-tailed lemurs (Lemur catta) in Berenty Reserve, Madagascar
- 43. Conservation of prosimians in Madagascar: a view from the great red island.