Primate anti-predator strategies (Developments in Primatology)

Front Matter....Pages i-xxiii
Front Matter....Pages 1-1
Predation and Primate Cognitive Evolution....Pages 3-26
Predation on Primates: A Biogeographical Analysis....Pages 27-59
Front Matter....Pages 61-61
Primates and Other Prey in the Seasonally Variable Diet of Cryptoprocta ferox in the Dry Deciduous Forest of Western Madagascar....Pages 63-76
Predation on Lemurs in the Rainforest of Madagascar by Multiple Predator Species: Observations and Experiments....Pages 77-99
Predation, Communication, and Cognition in Lemurs....Pages 100-126
A Consideration of Leaping Locomotion as a Means of Predator Avoidance in Prosimian Primates....Pages 127-145
Anti-Predator Strategies of Cathemeral Primates: Dealing with Predators of the Day and the Night....Pages 146-172
Moonlight and Behavior in Nocturnal and Cathemeral Primates, Especially Lepilemur leucopus : Illuminating Possible Anti-Predator Efforts....Pages 173-205
A Comparison of Calling Patterns in Two Nocturnal Primates, Otolemur crassicaudatus and Galago moholi as a Guide to Predation Risk....Pages 206-221
Predator Defense by Slender Lorises and Pottos....Pages 222-240
The Response of Spectral Tarsiers Toward Avian and Terrestrial Predators....Pages 241-252
Talking Defensively, a Dual Use for the Brachial Gland Exudate of Slow and Pygmy Lorises....Pages 253-272
Front Matter....Pages 273-273
Anti-Predator Strategies in a Diurnal Prosimian, the Ring-Tailed Lemur ( Lemur catta ), at the Beza Mahafaly Special Reserve, Madagascar....Pages 275-288
Howler Monkeys and Harpy Eagles: A Communication Arms Race....Pages 289-307
Effects of Habitat Structure on Perceived Risk of Predation and Anti-Predator Behavior of Vervet ( Cercopithecus aethiops ) and Patas ( Erythrocebus patas ) Monkeys....Pages 308-338
Predation Risk and Habitat Use in Chacma Baboons ( Papio hamadryas ursinus )....Pages 339-354
Reconstructing Hominin Interactions with Mammalian Carnivores (6.0–1.8 Ma)....Pages 355-381
Back Matter....Pages 383-393