Primate Responses to Environmental Change (Paperback, Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 1991)

This book concerns the various ways that primates respond to environmental change. By studying these patterns of responsiveness we not only gain useful knowledge about the structural, physiological and behavioural propensities of different species, but also acquire important information relating to issues of contemporary concern, such as conservation and the management of animals in the wild as well as in various forms of captivity. For example, there is growing concern among biologists and conser vationists about the influence of habitat destruction, such as logging, on the fitness and survival of wild primates. There is also increased awareness of the need to improve the care of primates in zoos and laboratories, including the enrichment of captive environments. Further, because an increasing number of primate species are becom ing endangered, knowledge of their responsiveness to new environ ments is an essential requirement for effective breeding programmes in captivity, and for the translocation and rehabilitation of species in the wild. In theory, studies of many closely related species are required in order to consider relevant evolutionary processes, as well as to develop functional hypotheses about the adaptive significance of various biological propensities and their interrelationships in the short and longer terms."

General

Imprint:	Springer
Country of origin:	Netherlands
Release date:	October 2012
First published:	1991
Editors:	H.O. Box
Dimensions:	235 x 155 x 23mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Paperback
Pages:	442
Edition:	Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 1991
ISBN-13:	978-9401053778
Categories:	Books > Professional & Technical > Environmental engineering & technology > General Books > Science & Mathematics > Biology, life sciences > Zoology & animal sciences > Animal ecology
LSN:	9401053774
Barcode:	9789401053778

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