Primates: The Road to Self-Sustaining Populations

Front Matter....Pages i-xvii
Primate Ethics....Pages 1-11
The Role of Captive Populations in Global Conservation....Pages 13-20
African Primate Conservation: General Needs and Specific Priorities....Pages 21-29
Gorilla Conservation: Anatomy of a Campaign....Pages 31-46
Captive Chimpanzee Populations—Past, Present, and Future....Pages 47-55
Responses of Rainforest Primates to Selective Logging in Kibale Forest, Uganda: A Summary Report....Pages 57-70
Lemur Survival....Pages 71-98
The Conservation Status of Nonhuman Primates in Indonesia....Pages 99-126
Southeast Asian Primates....Pages 127-151
Conservation of Orangutans: A Status Report, 1985....Pages 153-159
The Natural Breeding Strategy of Gibbons ( Hylobates lar ): Are We Managing the Captive Population by Design or by Default?....Pages 161-169
The Primates of India: Status, Trends, and Conservation....Pages 171-187
Increased Home Range for a Self-Sustaining Free-Ranging Rhesus Population at Tughlaqabad, India....Pages 189-195
Balancing the Wild/Captive Equation—The Case of the Barbary Macaque ( Macaca sylvanus L.)....Pages 197-211
Primate Status and Conservation in China....Pages 213-220
Primate Conservation Priorities in the Neotropical Region....Pages 221-240
Ecological Background and Conservation Priorities for Woolly Spider Monkeys ( Brachyteles arachnoides )....Pages 241-250
Successes and Failures of Captive Breeding....Pages 251-260
History of Geoffroy’s Tamarins, Saguinus geoffroyi , at Lincoln Park Zoological Gardens, 1974–1985....Pages 261-267
The Management of Prosimians in Captivity for Conservation and Research....Pages 269-288
Corral Breeding of Nonhuman Primates....Pages 289-295
Environments for Captive Propagation of Primates: Interaction of Social and Physical Factors....Pages 297-305
Behavior Requirements for Self-Sustaining Primate Populations-Some Theoretical Considerations and a Closer Look at Social Behavior....Pages 307-319
Early Socialization....Pages 321-329
Behavioral Aspects of Successful Reproduction in Primates....Pages 331-340
Conflict Resolution in Monkeys and Apes....Pages 341-350
Resocialization of Asocial Chimpanzees....Pages 351-359
Primate Mating Systems and Their Consequences for Captive Management....Pages 361-373
The Interbirth Interval in Primates: Effects of Pregnancy and Nursing....Pages 375-385
Embryonic Loss in Primates in Relation to In Vitro Fertilization and Embryo Transfer....Pages 387-401
Artificial Acceleration of Reproduction....Pages 403-411
Collection, Assessment, and Storage of Sperm....Pages 413-424
Artificial Insemination of Nonhuman Primates....Pages 425-443
Primate Models for Fertilization and Early Embryogenesis....Pages 445-461
Housing and Furniture....Pages 463-464
The Howletts Gorilla Bands....Pages 465-470
Using Outside Areas for Tropical Primates in the Northern Hemisphere: Callitrichidae , Saimiri , and Gorilla ....Pages 471-477
Evaluating the Environments of Captive Nonhuman Primates....Pages 479-488
Environmental Engineering for Primates....Pages 489-498
Research Facility Breeding....Pages 499-511
Research Uses and Projections of Nonhuman Primates as Research Subjects....Pages 513-520
Approaches to Determining Colony Infections and Improving Colony Health....Pages 521-530
Bacterial Infections of Nonhuman Primates....Pages 531-556
Mycotic Infections in Nonhuman Primates....Pages 557-570
The Pathoparasitology of Nonhuman Primates: A Review....Pages 571-679
Overview of Simian Viruses and Recognized Virus Diseases and Laboratory Support for the Diagnosis of Viral Infections....Pages 681-709
Virus-Associated Neoplastic and Immunosuppressive Diseases of Nonhuman Primates....Pages 711-723
Viral Diseases of Neonatal and Infant Nonhuman Primates....Pages 725-742
Acute Myocarditis in Golden Monkeys....Pages 743-745
Rearing and Intensive Care of Neonatal and Infant Nonhuman Primates....Pages 747-762
Prenatal and Neonatal Pathology of Captive Nonhuman Primates....Pages 763-770
The Effect of Perinatal and Juvenile Mortality on Colony-Born Production at the New England Regional Primate Research Center....Pages 771-779
Neoplasms and Proliferative Disorders in Nonhuman Primates....Pages 781-814
Scaling and Anesthesia for Primates....Pages 815-822
Nutrition of Primates in Captivity....Pages 823-835
The Chinese Golden Monkey—Husbandry and Reproduction....Pages 837-843
Captive Status and Genetic Considerations....Pages 845-856
Incidence and Consequences of Inbreeding in Three Captive Groups of Rhesus Macaques ( Macaca mulatto )....Pages 857-874
Hereditary Conditions of Nonhuman Primates....Pages 875-886
Chromosomal and Molecular Characterization of the Primates: Its Relevance in the Sustaining of Primate Populations....Pages 887-910
Considering Subspecies in the Captive Management of Ateles ....Pages 911-920
Blood Groups of Apes and Monkeys....Pages 921-932
The Mind of the Gorilla: Conversation and Conservation....Pages 933-947
Translocation of Primates....Pages 949-957
Conservation Program for the Golden Lion Tamarin: Captive Research and Management, Ecological Studies, Educational Strategies, and Reintroduction....Pages 959-979
Before We Pilot the Ark....Pages 981-983
Who Will Pilot the Ark?....Pages 985-987
The Road to the Ark from the Zoo’s Perspective....Pages 989-990
Who Will Save the Children?....Pages 991-993
The Importance of an Interdisciplinary Approach: Getting the Conservation Act Together....Pages 995-1003
Recommendations of Workshops....Pages 1005-1011
Strategies for the Conservation of Highly Endangered Primates....Pages 1013-1022
Research Needs in Captive Primate Colonies....Pages 1023-1025
Researchable Problems in the Natural Realm....Pages 1027-1030
Back Matter....Pages 1037-1044