Lemurs: Ecology and Adaptation

CONTENTS......Page 14
Plate Section......Page 245
Contributors......Page 17
Section One: LEMUR ORIGINS, HISTORY OF ECOLOGICAL STUDIES ON LEMURS, AND THE ECOLOGY OF THE RECENTLY EXTINCT (SUBFOSSIL) LEMURS......Page 19
1. Origin of the Malagasy Strepsirhine Primates......Page 20
2. Notes on the History of Ecological Studies of Malagasy Lemurs......Page 35
3. Ecology and Extinction of Madagascar’s Subfossil Lemurs......Page 56
Section Two: THE EVOLUTION OF LEMUR TRAITS, BASIC AND UNUSUAL PATTERNS......Page 80
4. Impact of Ecology on the Teeth of Extant Lemurs: A Review of Dental Adaptations, Function, and Life History......Page 81
5. Big Is Beautiful: Fat Storage and Hibernation as a Strategy to Cope with Marked Seasonality in the Fat-Tailed Dwarf Lemur (Cheirogaleus medius)......Page 111
6. Polyspecific Associations of Crowned Lemurs and Sanford’s Lemurs in Madagascar......Page 125
7. Cathemerality in Lemurs......Page 146
8. Adaptations in the Aye-aye: A Review......Page 171
Section Three: CONNECTING ECOLOGY AND ADAPTATION: SUMMARIES AND NEW STUDIES......Page 197
9. Evolutionary Divergence in the Brown Lemur Species Complex......Page 198
10. Ecological Diversity and Seasonal Adaptations of Mouse Lemurs (Microcebus spp.)......Page 222
11. Social Pair-Bonding and Resource Defense in Wild Red-Bellied Lemurs (Eulemur rubriventer)......Page 254
12. Lemur catta Ecology: What We Know and What We Need to Know......Page 274
13. Impact of Seasonality and Reproduction on Social Structure, Ranging Patterns, and Fission–Fusion Social Organization in Red Ruffed Lemurs......Page 294
14. Ecologically Enigmatic Lemurs: The Sifakas of the Eastern Forests (Propithecus candidus, P. diadema, P. edwardsi, P. perrieri, and P. tattersalli)......Page 324
15. Behavioral and Ecological Adaptations in Two Small Folivorous Lemurs with Different Social Organization: Avahi and Lepilemur......Page 346
16. The Feeding Ecology and Related Adaptations of Indri indri......Page 372
17. Behavior and Ecology of Gentle Lemurs (Genus Hapalemur)......Page 388
Section Four: LEMUR ADAPTATIONS TO A CHANGING ENVIRONMENT, NATURAL AND ANTHROPOGENIC STRESS......Page 401
18. Considering Climate Change Effects in Lemur Ecology and Conservation......Page 402
19. Diet Composition, Foraging, and Feeding Behavior in Relation to Habitat Disturbance: Implications for the Adaptability of Ruffed Lemurs (Varecia variegata editorium) in Manombo Forest, Madagascar......Page 419
20. Overview on the Health and Disease Ecology of Wild Lemurs: Conservation Implications......Page 439
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