The Guenons: Diversity and Adaptation in African Monkeys

Preliminaries......Page 1
Contributors......Page 6
Contents......Page 10
Preface......Page 14
1. The Guenons: An Overview of Diversity and Taxonomy......Page 20
2. Y-chromosomal Window onto the History of Terrestrial Adaption in the Cercopithecini......Page 32
3. Molecular Timescale and Gene Tree Incongruence in the Guenons......Page 44
4. Phylogeny of the Cercopithecus Ihoesti Group Revisted: Combining Multiple Character Sets......Page 54
5. Terrestriality and the Maintenance of the Disjunct Geographical Distribution in the Ihoesti Group......Page 66
6. Biogeographic Analysis of Central African Forest Guenons......Page 78
7. Hybridization between Red-tailed Monkeys (Cercopithecus ascanius) and Blue Monkes (C. mitis) in East African Forests......Page 96
8. A Genetic Study of a Translocated Guenon: Cercopithecus mona on Grenada......Page 116
9. Diversity of Guenon Positional Behaviour......Page 130
10. Unique Behavior of the Mona Monkey (Cercopithecus mona): All-Male Groups and Copulation Calls......Page 150
11. Group Fission in Red-tailed Monkeys (Cercopithecus ascanius) in Kibale National Park, Uganda......Page 164
12. Interindividual Proximity and Surveillance of Associates in Comparative Perspective......Page 178
13. Why Vervet Monkeys (Cercopithecus aethiops) Live in Multimale Groups......Page 190
14. When are there Influxes in Blue Monkey Groups?......Page 206
15. Costs and Benefits of Alternative Mating Strategies in Samango Monkey Males......Page 220
16. Female Reproductive Endocrinology in Wild Blue Monkeys: A Preliminary Assessment and Discussion of Potential Adaptive Functions......Page 234
17. Grooming and Social Cohesion in Patas Monkeys and Other Guenons......Page 250
18. Development of Mother-Infant Relationships and Infant Behavior in Wild Blue Monkeys (Cercopithecus mitis stuhlmanni)......Page 262
19. Influence of Foraging Adaptions on Play Activity in Red-tailed and Blue Monkeys with Comparisons to Red Colobus Monkeys......Page 290
20. Effects of Natural and Sexual Selection on the Evolution of Guenon Loud Calls......Page 306
21. Resource Switching and Species Coexistence in Guenons: A Community Analysis of Dietary Flexibility......Page 326
22. Variation in the Diets of Cercopithecus Species: DIfferences within Forests, among Forests, and across Species......Page 342
23. Diet of the Roloway monkey, Cercopithecus diana roloway, in Bia National Park, Ghana......Page 368
24. Conservation of Fragmented Populations of Cercopithecus mitis in South Africa: the Role of Reintroduction, Corridors and Metapopulation Ecology......Page 392
25. Assessing Extinction Risk in Cercopithecus Monkeys......Page 410
26. Conservation of the Guenons: An Overview of Status, Threats, and Recommendations......Page 428
Epilogue......Page 442
Index......Page 448