Lemurs: Ecology and Adaptation brings together information from
recent research, and provides new insight into the study of lemur
origins, and the ecology and adaptation of both extant and recently
extinct lemurs. In addition, it addresses issues of primate
behavioral ecology and how environment can play a major role in
explaining species variation. Moreover, in a larger context, the
information contained in this volume expands our knowledge of
primate ecology and allows us further insight into mammalian
adaptations to unusual and often harsh environmental conditions
that arise from both natural and anthropogenic factors.
The book is divided into two sections. The first section is a
background to lemurs and their ecology and it includes chapters on
origins of lemurs, history of ecological studies on lemurs in
Madagascar, theories relating to the evolution of lemur traits, and
ecology of the recently extinct (sub-fossil) lemurs. Section two is
comprised of chapters focusing on the ecology and adaptations of
many species of extant lemurs to the diverse habitats found on
Madagascar, and in some cases, adaptations to extreme climatic
variability and natural disasters.
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