Name: High Altitude Primates
ISBN: 978-1-4614-8175-1

Editors:

Nanda B. Grow⁰,
Sharon Gursky-Doyen¹,
Alicia Krzton²

Nanda B. Grow
1. Texas A&M University, College Station, USA
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Compiles the most up to date research on how high altitude affects the behavior, ecology, evolution and conservation status of primates
Compares low-altitude and high-altitude populations
Gives examples of how geographic scales result in diversification and/or speciation ?
Includes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras

Part of the book series: Developments in Primatology: Progress and Prospects (DIPR)

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Table of contents (17 chapters)

Front Matter

Pages i-xxi

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High Altitude Prosimian Primates
1. Front Matter
  
  Pages 1-1
  
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2. Effects of Altitude on the Conservation Biogeography of Lemurs in SouthEast Madagascar
  
  Shawn M. Lehman
  
  Pages 3-22
3. Hibernation Patterns of Dwarf Lemurs in the High Altitude Forest of Eastern Madagascar
  
  Marina B. Blanco, Laurie R. Godfrey
  
  Pages 23-42
4. Altitudinal Distribution and Ranging Patterns of Pygmy Tarsiers (Tarsius pumilus)
  
  Nanda B. Grow
  
  Pages 43-59
High Altitude Monkeys
1. Front Matter
  
  Pages 61-61
  
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2. Biogeography and Conservation of Andean Primates in Peru
  
  Sam Shanee, Noga Shanee, Nicola Campbell, Nestor Allgas
  
  Pages 63-83
3. Population Density and Ecological Traits of Highland Woolly Monkeys at Cueva de los Guacharos National Park, Colombia
  
  Sergio A. Vargas, Julián León, Mónica Ramírez, Nelson Galvis, Edgar Cifuentes, Pablo R. Stevenson
  
  Pages 85-102
4. Seed Dispersal by Woolly Monkeys in Cueva de los Guacharos National Park (Colombia): An Amazonian Primate Dispersing Montane Plants
  
  Mónica A. Ramírez, Nelson F. Galvis, Sergio A. Vargas, José Julián Léon, Edgar F. Cifuentes, Pablo R. Stevenson
  
  Pages 103-114
5. Distribution and Ecology of the Most Tropical of the High-Elevation Montane Colobines: The Ebony Langur on Java
  
  Vincent Nijman
  
  Pages 115-132
6. Snow Tolerance of Japanese Macaques Inhabiting High-Latitude Mountainous Forests of Japan
  
  Hiroto Enari
  
  Pages 133-151
7. Seasonal and Altitudinal Migration of Japanese Macaques in the Northern Japan Alps
  
  Shigeyuki Izumiyama
  
  Pages 153-181
8. Rhinopithecus bieti at Xiaochangdu, Tibet: Adaptations to a Marginal Environment
  
  Zuofu Xiang
  
  Pages 183-197
9. Nutritional Implications of the High-Elevation Lifestyle of Rhinopithecus bieti
  
  Heidi Bissell
  
  Pages 199-210
10. Variation in Primate Abundance Along an Elevational Gradient in the Udzungwa Mountains of Tanzania
  
  Claudia Barelli, Juan F. Gallardo Palacios, Francesco Rovero
  
  Pages 211-226
11. Deriving Conservation Status for a High Altitude Population: Golden Monkeys of Mgahinga Gorilla National Park, Uganda
  
  Dennis Twinomugisha, Michael D. Wasserman, Colin A. Chapman
  
  Pages 227-243
High Altitude Apes
1. Front Matter
  
  Pages 245-245
  
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2. High Altitude Diets: Implications for the Feeding and Nutritional Ecology of Mountain Gorillas
  
  Jessica M. Rothman, John Bosco Nkurunungi, Bianca F. Shannon, Margaret A. H. Bryer
  
  Pages 247-264
3. Preliminary Data on the Highland Sumatran Orangutans (Pongo abelii) of Batang Toru
  
  S. A. Wich, G. Usher, H. H. Peters, Mokhamad Faesal Rakhman Khakim, M. G. Nowak, G. M. Fredriksson
  
  Pages 265-283
4. Modern Human Biological Adaptations to High-Altitude Environments in the Andean Archaeological Record
  
  Karen J. Weinstein
  
  Pages 285-324

About this book

The basic goal of the volume is to compile the most up to date research on how high altitude affects the behavior, ecology, evolution and conservation status of primates, especially in comparison to lowland populations. Historically, the majority of primate studies have focused on lowland populations. However, as the lowlands have been disappearing, more and more primatologists have begun studying populations located in higher altitudes. High altitude populations are important not only because of their uniqueness, but also because they highlight the range of primate adaptability and the complex variables that are involved in primate evolution. These populations are good examples of how geographic scales result in diversification and/or speciation. Yet, there have been very few papers addressing how this high altitude environment affects the behavior, ecology, and conservation status of these primates.

Keywords

Altitude
Primates
adaptability
conservation

Editors and Affiliations

Texas A&M University, College Station, USA

Nanda B. Grow, Sharon Gursky-Doyen, Alicia Krzton

Bibliographic Information

Book Title: High Altitude Primates
Editors: Nanda B. Grow, Sharon Gursky-Doyen, Alicia Krzton
Series Title: Developments in Primatology: Progress and Prospects
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4614-8175-1
Publisher: Springer New York, NY
eBook Packages: Biomedical and Life Sciences, Biomedical and Life Sciences (R0)
Copyright Information: Springer Science+Business Media New York 2014
Hardcover ISBN: 978-1-4614-8174-4Published: 16 November 2013
Softcover ISBN: 978-1-4939-5283-0Published: 23 August 2016
eBook ISBN: 978-1-4614-8175-1Published: 19 November 2013
Series ISSN: 1574-3489
Series E-ISSN: 1574-3497
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XXI, 360
Number of Illustrations: 61 b/w illustrations
Topics: Conservation Biology/Ecology, Evolutionary Biology, Animal Ecology, Zoology

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Table of contents (17 chapters)

Front Matter

High Altitude Prosimian Primates

Front Matter

High Altitude Monkeys

Front Matter

High Altitude Apes

Front Matter

About this book

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Editors and Affiliations

Texas A&M University, College Station, USA

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