The Woolly Monkey Behavior, Ecology, Systematics, and Captive Research

Defler has 112 publications, including three authored books, one edited book and has just finished writing two more yet-unpublishedbooks. Pablo Stevenson, Ph.D., a Colombian native, has studied primates in the field for twenty-two years. Although he has investigated many species of primates, he is b...

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Other Authors: Defler, Thomas R. (Editor), Stevenson, Pablo R. (Editor)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: New York, NY Springer New York 2014, 2014
Edition:1st ed. 2014
Series:Developments in Primatology: Progress and Prospects
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Collection: Springer eBooks 2005- - Collection details see MPG.ReNa
Table of Contents:
  • Part I: Introduction
  • Chapter 1. Introduction: Studying Woolly Monkeys
  • Part II: Systematics and Taxonomy
  • Chapter 2. Coat Color is not an Indicator of Subspecies Identity in Colombian Woolly Monkeys
  • Chapter 3. Colombian Lagothrix: Analysis of their Phenotypes and Taxonomy
  • Part III: Ex Situ Research
  • Chapter 4. Behavior and Husbandry of a Captive Group of Woolly Monkeys: A Case Study
  • Chapter 5. Clinical Experience and Diseases of the Woolly Monkey
  • Chapter 6. Recent Advances in Woolly Monkey Nutrition
  • Chapter 7. Effects of Housing Conditions and Diet on the Behavior of Captive Woolly Monkeys
  • Part IV. In Situ Ecology and Behavior
  • Chapter 8. Life History, Behavior and Development of Wild Immature Lowland Woolly Monkeys (Lagothrix poeppigii) in Amazonian Ecuador
  • Chapter 9. Seed Dispersal by Woolly Monkeys (Lagothrix lagothricha) at Caparu Biological Station, Colombia: Quantitative Description and Qualitative Analysis
  • Chapter 10. Ranging Behavior, Daily Path Lengths, Diet and Habitat USe of Yellow Tailed Woolly Monkeys (Oreonax flavicauda) at La Esperanza, Peru
  • Chapter 11
  • Vocal Communication in Woolly Monkeys (Lagothrix lagotricha lugens) at Cueva de los Guacharos National Park, Colombia
  • Chapter 12. Potential Determinants of the Abundance of Wolly Monkeys in Neotropical Forests
  • Chapter 13. Behavior Ecology and Inter-individual Distance of Woolly Monkeys (Lagothrix lagothricha) in Rainforest Fragment in Colombia
  • Part V. Conservation
  • 14. Notes on the Behavior of Captive and Released Woolly Monkeys (Lagothrix lagothricha): Reintroduction as a Conservation Strategy in Colombian Southern Amazon
  • 15. Population Viability Analysis of Woolly Monkeys in Western Amazonia
  • 16. Yellow Tailed Woolly Monkey (Oreonax flavicauda): Conservation Status, Anthropogenic Threats and Conservation Initiatives