Frequencies of social grooming recorded from 44 species of free-living primates correlate
with group size but not body size. This is interpreted as evidence for the social function of …

The survival of primates in moderately disturbed forests is determined by a complex of
variables. Correlation analyses suggest that ecological features of a species may confer a …

Since primates spend about half of their life at sleeping sites, knowledge of behavior in the
vicinity of sleeping sites and analysis of factors influencing their use is important for …

The adaptive radiation of modern New World monkeys unfolded as the major lineages
diversified within different dietary‐adaptive zones predicated upon a fundamentally …

Howler monkeys (genus Alouatta) represent a successful radiation of at least nine
species†(Rylands et al., 2000). Among all Neotropical primate genera, Alouatta inhabits the …

La primera edición de Primates de Colombia fue un gran éxito y me sentí satisfecho por los
abundantes comentarios y preguntas; últimamente me ha tocado decirles a quienes vienen …

This paper describes the diet and range use patterns of the three species of primates in
Santa Rosa National Park, Costa Rica (Ateles geoffroyi, Alouatta palliata, and Cebus …

Field studies conducted over the past 25 years have documented significant differences in
diet, foraging patterns, and locomotor behavior in sympatric primate species (20, 21, 25, 35 …

1. Colobines are widely described as folivorous and a prediction of low basal metabolic rate
appears to be supported by low activity levels, but energy budget estimates based on data …

Publisher Summary This chapter discusses on the available information on sleep in wild
monkeys and apes: like where they sleep, why certain locations might seem favorable or …