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The Behavioral Ecology of Wedge-Capped Capuchin Monkeys (Cebus olivaceus)

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Adaptive Radiations of Neotropical Primates

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The relationship between ecology and social structure has been an important area of primatological research since the 1960s (e.g., Crook and Gartlan 1966, Gartlan 1968, Kummer 1971, Eisenberg et al. 1972, Clutton-Brock 1974, Clutton-Brock and Harvey 1977a). Early work focused on group-level responses to the environment, employing the comparative approach to establish broad correlations between ecology and sociality (Crook and Gartlan 1966, Clutton-Brock and Harvey 1977b). Later, the sociobiological paradigm (Wilson 1975) stimulated investigation of how selection acts on individuals to maximize reproductive success and inclusive fitness within populations.

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Miller, L.E. (1996). The Behavioral Ecology of Wedge-Capped Capuchin Monkeys (Cebus olivaceus). In: Norconk, M.A., Rosenberger, A.L., Garber, P.A. (eds) Adaptive Radiations of Neotropical Primates. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4419-8770-9_16

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