This comprehensive introductory text integrates evolutionary, ecological, and demographic
perspectives with new results from field studies and contemporary noninvasive molecular …

Conservation genetics is the use of genetics to understand and mitigate the threats caused
by anthropogenic activities, including habitat loss and fragmentation, wildlife trafficking, and …

Over the last half-century, the world's human population has doubled, impacting almost all
ocean and land areas. The threats facing primates in the wild have never been greater or …

Resilience is a concept that describes the ability of a system to absorb or rebound from
external disturbances or perturbations. Synonyms for resilience include flexibility, pliability …

Recent molecular studies have clarified the overarching taxonomy of capuchin monkeys, but
intraspecific genetic diversity remains unexplored for most capuchin species. One example …

Long-standing concerns about the status of the world's endangered primates have
stimulated significant international efforts, such as the primate action plans published by the …

The joint effects of climate change and landscape fragmentation to the genetic viability of
isolated populations has barely been addressed for the Atlantic Forest fauna. Therefore, this …

The database of the IUCN SSC Primate Specialist Group currently (December 2023)
registers 218 species and subspecies of Neotropical primates in 24 genera and five families …

Habitat fragmentation due to human activities is one of the principal threats to all primates
and is particularly so for arboreal platyrrhines. Its impact has been extreme in the Brazilian …

Abstract The Critically Endangered southern muriqui (Brachyteles arachnoides) and its
sister taxon the northern muriqui (Brachyteles hypoxanthus) are endemic to the Atlantic …