Because primates display such remarkable diversity, they are an ideal taxon within which to
examine the evolutionary significance of group living and the ecological factors responsible …

Most primates live in social groups in which affiliative bonds exist between individuals.
Because these bonds need to be maintained through social interactions (grooming in most …

Based on field studies spanning nearly 40 years, this reference book summarizes and
integrates past research with new and previously unpublished information on the behavioral …

Several models have been proposed to explain the variation that exists in female social
relationships among diurnal primate species. While there are similarities among them …

Although predation is an important driving force of natural selection its effects on primate
evolution are still not well understood, mainly because little is known about the hunting …

We review feeding and mandibular anatomy in a community of West African monkeys. We
use field observations, food material property data, and skeletal specimens from the Ivory …

It is well established that most primate populations show at least some seasonality in the
frequency of births (Lancaster & Lee 1965; Lindburg 1987; Di Bitetti & Janson 2000). There …

Abstract Members of the Cercocebus‐Mandrillus clade are united by several morphological
features, including expanded premolars which are argued to be associated with a …

With group sizes sometimes> 300 individuals, the Angolan black-and-white colobus
(Colobus angolensis ruwenzorii) population in Nyungwe Forest, Rwanda is an intriguing …

Putty-nosed monkeys, Cercopithecus nictitans stampflii, occur at various sites in West Africa,
particularly in the transition zone between rainforest and savannah. The species is …