Primates in Flooded Habitats

Ecology and Conservation
Erscheinungsjahr 2019
ISBN: 978-1-107-13431-7
Verlag: Cambridge University Press

Buch, Englisch, 488 Seiten, Format (B × H): 223 mm x 280 mm, Gewicht: 1542 g

Nearly half the world's primate species use flooded habitats at one time or another, from swamp-going Congo gorillas and mangrove-eating proboscis monkeys, to uacaris in Amazonian riverside forests. This first-ever volume on the subject brings together experts from around the world in a ground breaking volume spanning fossil history, current biology and future research and conservation priorities. Flooded habitats are a vital part of tropical biology, both for the diversity of the species they house, and the complexity of their ecological interactions, but are often completely overlooked. This book will set the stage for a new wave of research on primates in these extraordinarily productive and highly threatened areas, and is ideal for researchers and graduate students in primatology, zoology, ecology, and conservation.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Nowak, Katarzyna

Barnett, Adrian A

Matsuda, Ikki

Fachgebiete

• Geowissenschaften Umweltwissenschaften Tier- und Umweltschutz
• Naturwissenschaften Biowissenschaften Tierkunde / Zoologie Wirbeltiere (Vertebrata) Säugetiere (Mammalia) Primaten
• Naturwissenschaften Biowissenschaften Tierkunde / Zoologie Tierökologie

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Part I. Introduction; Part II. Primates of Mangrove and Coastal Forests; Part III. Beach Primates; Part IV. Swamp Primates; Part V. Primates from Freshwater Flooded Forests; Part VI. Conservation Case Studies; Part VII. Conservation, Threats and Status.

Über Autor(innen)

Nowak, Katarzyna
Katarzyna Nowak is a Research Associate at the University of the Free State, Qwaqwa campus, South Africa and a Fellow at The Safina Center, New York. Her conservation research focuses on the behavioural flexibility of threatened species.

Barnett, Adrian A
Adrian A. Barnett is Lecturer and Researcher at the National Institute for Amazon Research, Brazil, and the Federal University of Amazonas, Brazil, and a Research Fellow at Roehampton University, UK. He has worked with flooded habitats and their primates for more than twenty-five years.

Matsuda, Ikki
Ikki Matsuda is an Associate Professor at the Chubu University Academy of Emerging Sciences and a member of both the Japan Monkey Centre (Advisor) and the Wildlife Research Center of Kyoto University (specially appointed Associate Professor) in Japan. He focuses on a synthetic understanding of the evolution and ecology of colobine species, in particular of the proboscis monkey.