Adaptations for Foraging in Nonhuman Primates : : Contributions to an Organismal Biology of Prosimians, Monkeys, and Apes / / ed. by John G. H. Cant, Peter S. Rodman.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Columbia University Press eBook-Package Archive 1898-1999
• MitwirkendeR: Cant, John G. H.,; Crompton, R. H.,; Garber, Paul A.,; Ghiglieri, Michael P.,; Grand, Theodore I.,; Kay, Richard F.,; Milton, Katharine,; Post, David G.,; Rodman, Peter S.,; Temerin, L. Alis,; Waser, Peter M.,; Wheatley, Bruce P.,
• HerausgeberIn: Cant, John G. H.,; Rodman, Peter S.,
• Place / Publishing House: New York, NY : : Columbia University Press, , [1984]; ©1984
• Year of Publication: 1984
• Language: English
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (354 p.)
• Other title: Frontmatter --; Contents --; Preface --; Introduction: From Comparative Morphology and Socioecology to an Organismal Biology of Primates --; 1. On the Use of Anatomical Features To Infer Foraging Behavior in Extinct Primates --; 2. Motion Economy Within the Canopy: Four Strategies for Mobility --; 3. Foraging, Habitat Structure, and Locomotion in Two Species of Galago --; 4. Use of Habitat and Positional Behavior in a Neotropical Primate, Saguinus oedipus --; 5. Foraging and Social Systems of Orangutans and Chimpanzees --; 6. Feeding Ecology and Sociality of Chimpanzees in Kibale Forest, Uganda --; 7. Ecological Differences and Behavioral Contrasts Between Two Mangabey Species --; 8. Body Size and Foraging in Primates --; 9. The Role of Food-Processing Factors in Primate Food Choice --; 10. Is Optimization the Optimal Approach to Primate Foraging? --; 11. A Conceptual Approach to Foraging Adaptations in Primates --; Index
• Format: Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.
• ISBN: 9780231877473; 9783110442489
• DOI: 10.7312/rodm90184
• Access: restricted access
• Hierarchical level: Monograph
• Statement of Responsibility: ed. by John G. H. Cant, Peter S. Rodman.

A collection of essays examining adaptation and foraging in nonhuman primates. Looks at the specific foraging behavior in extinct primates, orangutans, and chimpanzees. Along with the influence of body size and food processing on foraging and food choices.