Seasonality in Primates: Studies of Living and Extinct Human and Non-Human Primates - Couverture souple

 
9781107406469: Seasonality in Primates: Studies of Living and Extinct Human and Non-Human Primates
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ISBN 10 : 1107406463 ISBN 13 : 9781107406469
Editeur : Cambridge University Press, 2012

Synopsis

The emergence of the genus Homo is widely linked to the colonization of 'new' highly seasonal savannah habitats. However, until recently, our understanding of the possible impact of seasonality on this shift has been limited because we have little general knowledge of how seasonality affects the lives of primates. This book documents the extent of seasonality in food abundance in tropical woody vegetation, and then presents systematic analyses of the impact of seasonality in food supply on the behavioural ecology of non-human primates. Syntheses in this volume then produce broad generalizations concerning the impact of seasonality on behavioural ecology and reproduction in both human and non-human primates, and apply these insights to primate and human evolution. Written for graduate students and researchers in biological anthropology and behavioural ecology, this is an absorbing account of how seasonality may have affected an important episode in our own evolution.

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Présentation de l'éditeur

The emergence of the genus Homo is widely linked to the colonization of 'new' highly seasonal savannah habitats. However, until recently, our understanding of the possible impact of seasonality on this shift has been limited because we have little general knowledge of how seasonality affects the lives of primates. This book documents the extent of seasonality in food abundance in tropical woody vegetation, and then presents systematic analyses of the impact of seasonality in food supply on the behavioural ecology of non-human primates. Syntheses in this volume then produce broad generalizations concerning the impact of seasonality on behavioural ecology and reproduction in both human and non-human primates, and apply these insights to primate and human evolution. Written for graduate students and researchers in biological anthropology and behavioural ecology, this is an absorbing account of how seasonality may have affected an important episode in our own evolution.

Revue de presse

Review of the hardback: 'In this well structured and detailed book Brockman and Schaik discuss the major role that seasonality plays in influencing the ecology and behaviour of primate species ... I would highly recommend this book to anyone with an existing interest in primatology or evolutionary anthropology ... All in all it offers an interesting and thought-provoking read.' Hannah E. Parathian, University of Oxford

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Éditeur
Cambridge University Press
Date d'édition
2012
Langue
anglais
ISBN 10 
1107406463
ISBN 13 
9781107406469
Reliure
Broché
Nombre de pages
606
Éditeur
Brockman Diane K.
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9780521820691: Seasonality in Primates: Studies of Living and Extinct Human and Non-Human Primates

Edition présentée

ISBN 10 :  0521820693 ISBN 13 :  9780521820691
Editeur : Cambridge University Press, 2005
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