Spider Monkeys: The Biology, Behavior and Ecology of the Genus Ateles

416 Pages·2008·9.162 MB·English

by  Christina J. Campbell

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SpiderMonkeys
Behavior,EcologyandEvolutionoftheGenusAteles
SpidermonkeysareoneofthemostwidespreadNewWorldprimategen-
era,rangingfromsouthernMexicotoBolivia.Althoughtheyarecommon
inzoos,spidermonkeysaretraditionallyverydifficulttostudyinthewild,
becausetheyarefastmoving,livehighinthecanopyandarealmostalways
found in small subgroups that vary in size and composition throughout
theday.Thepastdecadehasseenanexpansioninresearchbeingcarried
outonthisgenusandthisbookisanassimilationofbothpublished,and
newandpreviouslyunpublished,research.Itisacomprehensivesource
ofinformationforacademicresearchersandgraduatestudentsinterested
in primatology, evolutionary anthropology and behavioral ecology and
covers topics such as taxonomy, diet, sexuality and reproduction, and
conservation.
CHRISTINA J. CAMPBELL isanassistantprofessorofAnthropology
atCaliforniaStateUniversity,Northridge.Herresearchinterestsinclude
behavioralecologyandreproductiveendocrinologyandphysiology.
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Serieseditors
HUMAN ECOLOGY
C.G.NicholasMascie-Taylor,UniversityofCambridge
MichaelA.Little,StateUniversityofNewYork,Binghamton
GENETICS
KennethM.Weiss,PennsylvaniaStateUniversity
HUMAN EVOLUTION
RobertA.Foley,UniversityofCambridge
NinaG.Jablonski,CaliforniaAcademyofScience
PRIMATOLOGY
KarenB.Strier,UniversityofWisconsin,Madison
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Spider Monkeys
Behavior, Ecology and Evolution of the Genus Ateles
Editedby
ChristinaJ.Campbell
CaliforniaStateUniversity,Northridge
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Contents
Listofcontributors page vii
Acknowledgements x
1 Introduction 1
ChristinaJ.Campbell
PartI Taxonomy,phylogenyandevolution
2 Morphologyandevolutionofthespidermonkey,genus
Ateles 19
AlfredL.Rosenberger,LaurenHalenar,Siobha´nB.Cooke
andWalterC.Hartwig
3 Thetaxonomicstatusofspidermonkeysinthe
twenty-firstcentury 50
AndrewC.Collins
PartII Ecology
4 Dietsofwildspidermonkeys 81
AnthonyDiFiore,AndresLinkandJ.LawrenceDew
5 Factorsinfluencingspidermonkeyhabitatuseand
rangingpatterns 138
RobertB.Wallace
6 Spidermonkeysasseeddispersers 155
J.LawrenceDew
PartIII Behaviorandreproduction
7 Locomotionandpositionalbehaviorofspidermonkeys 185
DionisiosYoulatos
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8 Communicationinspidermonkeys:thefunctionand
mechanismsunderlyingtheuseofthewhinny 220
GabrielRamos-Ferna´ndez
9 Socialinteractions,socialrelationshipsandthesocial
systemofspidermonkeys 236
FilippoAureliandColleenM.Schaffner
10 Spidermonkeyreproductionandsexualbehavior 266
ChristinaJ.CampbellandK.NicoleGibson
11 Immaturityinspidermonkeys:ariskybusiness 288
LauraGreerVick
12 DemographyandgroupcompositionofAteles 329
YukikoShimooka,ChristinaJ.Campbell,AnthonyDi
Fiore,AnnikaM.Felton,KoseiIzawa,AndresLink,
AkisatoNishimura,GabrielRamos-Ferna´ndezandRobert
B.Wallace
PartIV Interactionswithhumans
13 Spidermonkeyconservationinthetwenty-first
century:recognizingrisksandopportunities 351
GabrielRamos-Ferna´ndezandRobertB.Wallace
14 Theethnoprimatologyofspidermonkeys(Atelesspp.):
frompasttopresent 377
LorettaA.CormierandBernardoUrbani
Index 404
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Contributors
FilippoAureli
ResearchCentreinEvolutionaryAnthropologyandPalaeoecology,Schoolof
BiologicalandEarthScience,LiverpoolJohnMooresUniversity,Liverpool
L33AF,UK
ChristinaJ.Campbell
DepartmentofAnthropology,CaliforniaStateUniversityNorthridge,
Northridge,CA91330,USA
AndrewC.Collins
DepartmentofConservationBiology,AdaF.andDanielL.RiceConservation
BiologyandResearchCenter,BrookfieldZoologicalInstitution,Brookfield,
IL60513,USA
Siobha´nB.Cooke
TheGraduateCenter,TheCityUniversityofNewYorkandTheNewYork
ConsortiuminEvolutionaryPrimatology(NYCEP),NewYork,NY10016,
USA
LorettaA.Cormier
DepartmentofAnthropology,UniversityofAlabamaatBirmingham,
Birmingham,AL35294-3350,USA
J.LawrenceDew
DepartmentofBiologicalSciences,2000LakeshoreDrive,UniversityofNew
Orleans,NewOrleans,LA70148,USA
AnthonyDiFiore
CenterfortheStudyofHumanOrigins,DepartmentofAnthropology,New
YorkUniversity,NewYork,NY10003,USA
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AnnikaM.Felton
TheFennerSchoolofEnvironmentandSociety(formerlyCRES),The
AustralianNationalUniversity,CanberraACT0200,Australia
K.NicoleGibson
DepartmentofAnthropology,YaleUniversity,NewHaven,CT06511,USA
WalterC.Hartwig
DepartmentofBasicSciences,TouroUniversityCollegeofOsteopathic
Medicine,Vallejo,CA94592,USA
LaurenHalenar
TheGraduateCenter,TheCityUniversityofNewYorkandTheNewYork
ConsortiuminEvolutionaryPrimatology(NYCEP),NewYork,NY10016,
USA
KoseiIzawa
DepartmentofAnimalSciences,TeikyoUniversityofScienceand
Technology,Yamanashi,409–0193,Japan
AndresLink
CenterfortheStudyofHumanOrigins,DepartmentofAnthropology,New
YorkUniversity,NewYork,NY10003,USA
AkisatoNishimura
BiologicalLaboratory,ScienceandEngineeringResearchInstitute,Doshisha
University,Kyoto,602-8580,Japan
GabrielRamos-Ferna´ndez
CentroInterdisciplinariodeInvestigacio´nparaelDesarrollo,Integral
Regional(CIIDIR),UnidadOaxaca,,InstitutoPolite´cnicoNacional,Santa
CruzXoxocotla´n,Oaxaca71230,Me´xico
AlfredL.Rosenberger
TheNewYorkConsortiuminEvolutionaryPrimatology(NYCEP)andthe
DepartmentofAnthropologyandArchaeology,BrooklynCollege,TheCity
UniversityofNewYork,Brooklyn,NY11210,USA
ColleenM.Schaffner
DepartmentofPsychology,ChesterCentreforStressResearch,Universityof
Chester,ChesterCH14BJ,UK
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YukikoShimooka
LaboratoryofHumanEvolution,DepartmentofZoology,KyotoUniversity,
Kyoto606-8502,Japan
BernardoUrbani
UniversityofIllinoisatUrbana-Champaign,109DavenportHall,607South
MathewsAvenue,Urbana,IL61801,USA,andCentrodeAntropolog´ıa,
InstitutoVenezolanodeInvestigacionesCient´ıficas,Caracas,Venezuela
LauraGreerVick
DepartmentofAnthropology,PeaceCollege,Raleigh,NC27604,USA
RobertB.Wallace
WildlifeConservationSociety–Bolivia,SanMiguel,LaPaz,Bolivia
DionisiosYoulatos
AristotleUniversityofThessaloniki,SchoolofBiology,Departmentof
Zoology,GR-54124Thessaloniki,Greece