Manipulative Monkeys : : The Capuchins of Lomas Barbudal / / Susan Perry.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter HUP eBook-Package Backlist 2000-2013 (Canada)
• VerfasserIn: Perry, Susan,
• TeilnehmendeR: Manson, Joseph H.
• Place / Publishing House: Cambridge, MA : : Harvard University Press, , [2009]; ©2011
• Year of Publication: 2009
• Language: English
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (368 p.)

This book takes us into a Costa Rican forest teeming with simian drama, where since 1990 primatologists Perry and Manson have followed four generations of capuchins. The authors describe behavior as entertaining--and occasionally as alarming--as it is recognizable: competition and cooperation, jockeying for position and status, peaceful years under an alpha male devolving into bloody chaos, and complex traditions passed from one generation to the next. Interspersed with their observations are the authors' colorful tales of the challenges of tropical fieldwork.

Table of Contents

Frontmatter -- Contents -- Prologue -- 1. All in a Day’s Work -- 2. The Social Intelligence Debate and the Origins of the Lomas Barbudal Monkey Project -- 3. The Challenges of Foraging and Self-Medication -- 4. Predators, Prey, and Personality -- 5. Capuchin Communication -- 6. Abby and Tattle: Two Females’ Political Careers -- 7. Curmudgeon: The Career of an Alpha Male -- 8. Moth and Tranquilo: The Strategies of Incoming Alpha Males -- 9. Kola and Jordan: Lethal Aggression and the Importance of Allies -- 10. Miffin, Nobu, and Abby: Capuchin Mothers, Infants, and Babysitters -- 11. Guapo: Innovation and Tradition in the Creation of Bond-Testing Rituals -- 12. Social Learning and the Roots of Culture -- 13. Nobu and La Lucha sin Fin: Conservation of Tropical Dry Forests -- Epilogue -- Cast of Characters -- Timeline of Events in Abby’s and Rambo’s Groups -- Glossary of Behavioral Terms in the Capuchin Communicative Repertoire -- Works Cited -- Acknowledgments -- Index