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Cambridge University Press published in t he Series: Cambridge Studies in Biological and Evolutionary Anthropology "Evolutionary Biology and Conservation of Titis, Sakis and Uacaris" edited by Series: Cambridge Studies in Biological and Evolutionary Anthropology edited by Liza M. Veiga (Universidade Federal do Paraná, Brazil), Adrian A. Barnett (Roehampton University, London), Stephen F. Ferrari (Universidade Federal de Sergipe, Brazil) and Marilyn A. Norconk (Kent State University, Ohio).
The neotropical primate family Pitheciidae consists of four genera Cacajao (uacaris), Callicebus (titis), Chiropotes (bearded sakis) and Pithecia (sakis), whose 40+ species display a range of sizes, social organisations, ecologies and habitats. Few are well known and the future survival of many is threatened, yet pitheciines have been little studied. This book is the first to review the biology of this fascinating and diverse group in full. It includes fossil history, reviews of the biology of each genus and, among others, specific treatments of vocalisations and foraging ecology. These studies are integrated into considerations of current status and future conservation requirements on a country-by-country basis for each species. A state-of-the-art summary of current knowledge, Evolutionary Biology and Conservation of Titis, Sakis and Uacaris is a collective effort from all the major researchers currently working on these remarkable animals.
Contents
Part I Fossil History, Zoogeography and Taxonomy of the Pitheciids
Walter C. Hartwig & Adrian A. Barnett
- 1 Pitheciidae and other platyrrhine seed predators by Richard F. Kay, D. Jeffrey Meldrum & Masanaru Takai
- 2 The misbegotten: long lineages, long branches and the interrelationships of Aotus, Callicebus and the saki–uacaris by Alfred L. Rosenberger & Marcelo F. Tejedor
- 3 A molecular phylogeography of the uacaris (Cacajao) by Wilsea M.B. Figueiredo-Ready, Horacio Schneider, Stephen F. Ferrari, Maria L. Harada, José Maria C. da Silva, José de Sousa e Silva Júnior & John M. Bates
- 4 Taxonomy and geographic distribution of the Pitheciidae by José de Sousa e Silva Júnior, Wilsea M.B. Figueiredo-Ready & Stephen F. Ferrari
- 5 Zoogeography, genetic variation and conservation of the Callicebus personatus group by Rodrigo C. Printes, Leandro Jerusalinsky, Marcelo C. Sousa, Luis Reginaldo R. Rodrigues & André Hirsch
Part II Comparative Pitheciid Ecology
Marilyn A. Norconk
- 6 Morphological and ecological adaptations to seed predation – a primate-wide perspective by Marilyn A. Norconk, Brian W. Grafton & W. Scott McGraw
- 7 Pitheciins: use of time and space by Eleonore Z.F. Setz, Liliam P. Pinto, Mark Bowler, Adrian A. Barnett, Jean-Christophe Vié, Jean P. Boubli & Marilyn A. Norconk
- 8 Functional morphology and positional behavior in the Pitheciini by Lesa C. Davis & Suzanne E. Walker-Pacheco
- 9 Male cooperation in Pitheciines: the reproductive costs and benefits to individuals of forming large multimale/multifemale groups by Paul A. Garber & Martin M. Kowalewski
- 10 Evolutionary ecology of the pitheciinae: evidence for energetic equivalence or phylogenetically structured environmental variation? by Shawn M. Lehman
- 11 Competition between pitheciines and large Ara macaws, two specialist seed-eaters by Suzanne Palminteri, George Powell, Krista Adamek & Raul Tupayachi
- 12 On the distribution of Pitheciine monkeys and Lecythidaceae trees in Amazonia by J. Márcio Ayres+ & Ghillean T. Prance
Part III Genus Reviews and Case Studies
Stephen F. Ferrari
- 13 Why we know so little: the challenges of fieldwork on the Pitheciids by Liliam Patricia Pinto, Adrian A. Barnett, Bruna Martins Bezerra, Jean Philippe Boubli, Mark Bowler, Nayara de Alcântara Cardoso, Christini Barbosa Caselli, Maria Juliana Ospina Rodríguez, Ricardo Rodrigues Santos, Eleonore Zulnara Freire Setz & Liza Maria Veiga
- 14 Ecology and behavior of uacaris (genus Cacajao) by Adrian A. Barnett, Mark Bowler, Bruna M. Bezerra & Thomas R. Defler
- 15 Annual variation in breeding success and changes in population density of Cacajao calvus ucayalii in the Lago Preto Conservation Concession, Peru by M. Bowler, C. Barton, S. McCann-Wood, P. Puertas & R. Bodmer
- 16 Cacajao ouakary in Brazil and Colombia: patterns, puzzles and predictions by Adrian A. Barnett, Thomas R. Defler, Marcela Oliveira, Helder Queiroz & Bruna M. Bezerra
- 17 Ecology and behavior of titi monkeys (genus Callicebus) by Júlio César Bicca-Marques & Eckhard W. Heymann
- 18 Costs of foraging in the Southern Bahian masked titi monkey (Callicebus melanochir) by Stefanie Heiduck
- 19 Insectivory and prey foraging techniques in Callicebus – a case study of Callicebus cupreus and a comparison to other pitheciids by Eckhard W. Heymann & Mirjam N. Nadjafzadeh
- 20 Seed eating by Callicebus lugens at Caparú Biological Station, on the lower Apaporis River, Colombian Amazonia by Erwin Palacios & Adriana Rodríguez
- 21 Callicebus in Manu National Park: territory, resources, scent marking and vocalizations by Patricia C. Wright
- 22 Ecology and behavior of bearded sakis (genus Chiropotes) by Liza M. Veiga & Stephen F. Ferrari
- 23 Feeding ecology of Uta Hick's bearded saki (Chiropotes utahickae) on a man-made island in southeastern Brazilian Amazonia: seasonal and longitudinal variation by Ricardo R. Santos, Tatiana M. Vieira & Stephen F. Ferrari
- 24 The behavioral ecology of northern bearded sakis (Chiropotes satanas chiropotes) living in forest fragments of Central Brazilian Amazonia by Sarah A. Boyle, Andrew T. Smith, Wilson R. Spironello & Charles E. Zartman
- 25 Ecology and behavior of saki monkeys (genus Pithecia) by Marilyn A. Norconk & Eleonore Z. Setz
- 26 Finding the balance: optimizing predator avoidance and food encounters through individual positioning in Pithecia pithecia during travel by
- E.P. Cunningham, A.L. Harrison-Levine & R.G. Norman
- 27 Testing models of social behavior with regard to inter- and intratroop interactions in free-ranging white-faced sakis by Cynthia L. Thompson & Marilyn A. Norconk
- 28 Comparative socioecology of sympatric, free-ranging white-faced and bearded saki monkeys in Suriname: preliminary data by L. Tremaine Gregory & Marilyn A. Norconk
- 29 Pair-mate relationships and parenting in equatorial saki monkeys (Pithecia aequatorialis) and red titi monkeys (Callicebus discolor) of Ecuador by Eduardo Fernandez-Duque, Anthony Di Fiore & Ana Gabriela de Luna
- 30 Vocal communication in Cacajao, Chiropotes and Pithecia: current knowledge and future directions by Bruna M. Bezerra, Adrian A. Barnett, Antonio S. Souto & Gareth Jones
Part IV Conservation of the Pitheciids
Liza M. Veiga & Anthony B. Rylands
- 31 The Guyana Shield: Venezuela and the Guyanas by Shawn M. Lehman, Jean-Christophe Vié, Marliyn A. Norconk, Carlos Portillo-Quintero & Bernardo Urbani
- 32 Pitheciid conservation in Ecuador, Colombia, Peru, Bolivia and Paraguay by Leila Porter, Janice Chism, Thomas R. Defler, Laura Marsh, Jesús Martinez, Hope Matthews, Wynlyn McBride, Diego G. Tirira, Marianela Velilla & Rob Wallace
- 33 Brazil by Stephen F. Ferrari, José S. Silva Júnior, Manuella A. de Souza, Ana Luisa K. Albernaz, Marcelo M. Oliveira & Leandro Jerusalinsky
- 34 Pitheciines in captivity: challenges and opportunities, past, present and future by Jennie Becker, Andrew J. Baker, Tracy Frampton, P. Kirsten Pullen, Karen L. Bales, Sally P. Mendoza & William A. Mason
- 35 The challenge of living in fragments by Stephen F. Ferrari, Sarah A. Boyle, Laura K. Marsh, Marcio Port-Carvalho, Ricardo R. Santos, Suleima S.B. Silva, Tatiana M. Vieira & Liza M. Veiga
- 36 Communities and uacaris: conservation initiatives in Brazil and Peru by Mark Bowler, João Valsecchi, Helder L. Queiroz, Richard Bodmer, Pablo Puertas
About the Editors
Liza M. Veiga
Liza Veiga spent most of her working career based at the Federal University of Para and the Emilio Goeldi Museum, both in Belem, Brazil. She was passionate about conserving Brazilian primates. Her research focus was bearded sakis in Brazil. The editors and authors dedicate this book to her memory (31 Oct 1963 – 28 Oct 2012). Obituary at International Journal of Primatology (PDF) - Obituary at American Journal of Primatology (PDF)
Adrian A. Barnett
Adrian Barnett is an Honorary Research Fellow at the Instituto National de Pesquisas da Amazonas in Manaus, Brazil, and the Centre for Research in Evolutionary and Environmental Anthropology at Roehampton University. He has spent 15 years studying tropical primates, particularly the conservation and ecology of uacaris in Brazil.
Stephen F. Ferrari
Stephen F. Ferrari is a Professor of Zoology in the Biology department of the Federal University of Sergipe, Sao Cristovao, Brazil. He has a particular focus on the primate genera titis and bearded sakis, their ecology and conservation. Primate Info Net
Marilyn A. Norconk
Marilyn A. Norconk is Professor of Anthropology at Kent State University. Her research interests include feeding ecology and social behavior of white-faced sakis and bearded sakis in Venezuela and Suriname. Homepage |
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