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High Altitude Primates [edi...
Primates are remarkably adaptable animals that have gone through multiple radiations across a wide range of habitats. Habitats found at high altitudes provide particular challenges for resident primate populations. Landscapes at high altitudes tend to be less productive than neighboring areas at lower elevations, and also present changes in the structure of flora and fauna, species diversity, and density. Although some of the most unique and unexpected solutions to problems of survival are found in high altitude primates, these populations are often understudied. This volume compiles the most up-to-date research on how a variety of primates (prosimians, monkeys, apes, and even humans) respond to conditions at higher altitudes
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monografia Rebiun17580727 https://catalogo.rebiun.org/rebiun/record/Rebiun17580727 131116s2014 xxu| s |||| 0|eng d 9781461481751 9781461481744 10.1007/978-1-4614-8175-1. doi UPNA0451366 UMA.RE High Altitude Primates Recurso electrónico] edited by Nanda B Grow, Sharon Gursky-Doyen, Alicia Krzton Servicio en línea New York [etc.] Springer New York [etc.] New York [etc.] Springer XXI, 360 p. 61 il XXI, 360 p. 61 il Developments in Primatology: Progress and Prospects High Altitude Prosimian Primates -- 1. Effects of Altitude on the Conservation Biogeography of Lemurs in South East Madagascar -- 2. Hibernation patterns of dwarf lemurs in the high altitude forests of eastern Madagascar -- 3. Altitudinal Distribution and Ranging Patterns of Pygmy Tarsiers (Tarsius pumilus) -- High Altitude Monkeys -- 4. Biogeography and conservation of Andean primates in Peru -- 5. Population density and ecological traits of high land woolly monkeys at Cueva de los Guacharos National Park, Colombia -- 6. Seed Dispersal by Woolly Monkeys in Cueva de los Guacharos National Park (Colombia): An amazonian primate dispersing montane plants -- 7. Distribution and ecology of the most tropical of the high-elevation montane colobines: the ebony langur on Java -- 8. Snow tolerance of Japanese macaques inhabiting high-latitude mountainous forests of Japan -- 9. Seasonal and altitudinal migration of Japanese macaques in the Northern Japan Alps -- 10. Rhinopithecus bieti at Xiaochangdu, Tibet: Adaptations to a marginal environment -- 11. Nutritional implications of the high-elevation lifestyle of Rhinopithecus bieti -- 12. Variation in primate abundance along an elevational gradient in the Udzungwa -- 13. Deriving Conservation Status for a High Altitude Population: Golden Monkeys of Mgahinga Gorilla National Park, Uganda -- High Altitude Apes.-14. High Altitude Diets: Implications for the Feeding and Nutritional Ecology of Mountain Gorillas -- 15. Preliminary data on the highland Sumatran orangutans (Pongo abelii) of Batang Toru -- 16. Modern Human Biological Adaptations to High-Altitude Environments in the Andean Archaeological Record.-17. High Altitude Primates, Extreme Primates, and Anthropological Primatology (There is More to Human Evolution than Tool Use, Culture, or African Apes). . Primates are remarkably adaptable animals that have gone through multiple radiations across a wide range of habitats. Habitats found at high altitudes provide particular challenges for resident primate populations. Landscapes at high altitudes tend to be less productive than neighboring areas at lower elevations, and also present changes in the structure of flora and fauna, species diversity, and density. Although some of the most unique and unexpected solutions to problems of survival are found in high altitude primates, these populations are often understudied. This volume compiles the most up-to-date research on how a variety of primates (prosimians, monkeys, apes, and even humans) respond to conditions at higher altitudes Modo de acceso: Word Wide Web Modo de acceso: World Wide Web Springer (e-Books) Life sciences Animal ecology Conservation biology Ecology Evolutionary biology Zoology Life Sciences Conservation Biology/Ecology Evolutionary Biology Animal Ecology Zoology Grow, Nanda B Gursky-Doyen, Sharon Krzton, Alicia SpringerLink Books (Servicio en línea) Developments in Primatology: Progress and Prospects