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The Macaque connection : cooperation and conflict between humans and macaques

Obrazy
Autor
Sindhu Radhakrishna, Michael A. Huffman, Anindya Sinha, editors
Place of publication
New York

Publisher

Publication date
2013
Table of Contents

Part I Introduction

1 The Gulf Between Men and Monkeys . . 3

Part II Traditional Views of Macaques

2 The Nature of Love . . 19
3 The Japanese and Japanese Monkeys: Dissonant Neighbors Seeking Accommodation in a Shared Habitat . . 33
4 Songs of Monkeys: Representation of Macaques in Classical Tamil Poetry . . 53

Part III Cooperative Relationships Between Humans and Macaques

5 Macaques and Biomedicine: Notes on Decolonization, Polio, and Changing Representations of Indian Rhesus in the United States, 1930-1960 . . 71
6 Macaque Tourism: Implications for Their Management and Conservation . . 93
7 Pets, Property, and Partners: Macaques as Commodities in the Human-Other Primate Interface . . 107

Part IV Current Scenarios of Human-Macaque Conflict

8 Gaadli . . 127
9 Macaque-Human Interactions in Past and Present-Day Sri Lanka . . 135
10 Monyet Yang Dihargai, Monyet Yang Dibenci: The Human-Macaque Interface in Indonesia . . 149
11 Out of Asia: The Singular Case of the Barbary Macaque . . 167

Part V How Living with and Beside Humans Has Affected Macaques

12 The Monkey in the Town's Commons, Revisited: An Anthropogenic History of the Indian Bonnet Macaque . . 187
13 Anthropogenic Influences on Macaque Populations and Their Genetic Consequences. . . 209
14 Managing Humans, Managing Macaques: Human-Macaque Conflict in Asia and Africa. . . 225

Index . . 251

Series
(Developments in Primatology. Progress and Prospects)

Personality and temperament in nonhuman primates

Obrazy
Autor
Alexander Weiss, James E. King, Lindsay Murray, editors
Place of publication
New York

Publisher

Publication date
2011
Table of Contents

Part I Beginnings of Personality Measurement in Nonhuman Primates

1 Individual Characteristics: Weaving Psychological and Ethological Approaches . . 3

Part II Some Basic Issues in Personality Measurement in Nonhuman Primates

2 Comparison of Methods for Assessing Personality in Nonhuman Primates . . 17
3 Personality in Nonhuman Primates: What Can We Learn from Human Personality Psychology? . . 41
4 Personality from the Perspective of a Primatologist . . 77

Part III Empirical Studies

5 Objective Behavioral Tests of Temperament in Nonhuman Primates . . 103
6 Predicting Primate Behavior from Personality Ratings . . 129
7 Primate Personality and Behavioral Endocrinology . . 169
8 Chimpanzee Faces Under the Magnifying Glass: Emerging Methods Reveal Cross-Species Similarities and Individuality . . 193
9 Nonhuman Primate Personality and Immunity: Mechanisms of Health and Disease . . 233
10 Impulsivity and Aggression as Personality Traits in Nonhuman Primates . . 257
11 Reactivity and Behavioral Inhibition as Personality Traitin Nonhuman Primates . . 285
12 Behavioral Syndromes: A Behavioral Ecologist's View on the Evolutionary and Ecological Implications of Animal Personalities . . 313

Index . . 337

Series
(Developments in Primatology. Progress and Prospects)

Dinosaur footprints & trackways of La Rioja

Obrazy
Autor
Félix Pérez-Lorente
Place of publication
Bloomington
Publication date
2015
Table of Contents

1. La Rioja Footprints . . 2 
2. Ichnology . . 14 
3. The Tracksites . . 36 
4. Conservation of the Tracksites . . 315
5. Summary . . 324 
REFERENCES . . 341 
INDEX . . 353

Series
(Life of the Past)

How animals grieve

Obrazy
Autor
Barbara J. King
Place of publication
Chicago
Publication date
2013
Table of Contents

Prologue: on grief and love . . 1

1. Keening for carson the cat . . 11 
2. A dog's best friend . . 21
3. Mourning on the farm . . 32 
4. Why bunnies get depressed . . 41
5. Elephant bones . . 52 
6. Do monkeys mourn? . . 64 
7. Chimpanzees: cruel to be kind . . 77 
8. Bird love . . 88 
9. Sea of emotion: dolphins, whales, and turtles . . 97 
10. No boundaries: cross-species grief . . 106 
11. Animal suicide? . . 115 
12. Ape grief . . 125 
13. On bison death in yellowstone and obituaries of animals . . 134 
14. Writing grief . . 145 
15. The prehistory of grief . . 153 

Afterword . . 163 
Acknowledgments . . 171 
Readings and visual resources . . 173 
Index . . 181