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Primates and Cetaceans - Field Research and Conservation of Complex Mammalian Societies (Hardcover, 2014 ed.)
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Primates and Cetaceans - Field Research and Conservation of Complex Mammalian Societies (Hardcover, 2014 ed.)
Series: Primatology Monographs
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In this book, the editors present a view of the socioecology of
primates and cetaceans in a comparative perspective to elucidate
the social evolution of highly intellectual mammals in terrestrial
and aquatic environments. Despite obvious differences in morphology
and eco-physiology, there are many cases of comparable, sometimes
strikingly similar patterns of sociobehavioral complexity. A number
of long-term field studies have accumulated a substantial amount of
data on the life history of various taxa, foraging ecology, social
and sexual relationships, demography, and various patterns of
behavior: from dynamic fission-fusion to long-term stable
societies; from male-bonded to bisexually-bonded to matrilineal
groups. Primatologists and cetologists have come together to
provide four evolutionary themes: (1) social complexity and
behavioral plasticity, (2) life history strategies and social
evolution, (3) the interface between behavior, demography, and
conservation, and (4) selected topics in comparative behavior.
These comparisons of taxa that are evolutionarily distant but live
in comparable complex sociocognitive environments boost our
appreciation of their sophisticated mammalian societies and can
advance our understanding of the ecological factors that have
shaped their social evolution. This knowledge also facilitates a
better understanding of the day- to-day challenges these animals
face in the human-dominated world and may improve the capacity and
effectiveness of our conservation efforts.
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