Primate Behavior

Primate Behavior: Developments in Field and Laboratory Research, Volume 4 examines developments in field and laboratory research on primate behavior. Topics range from facial expressions in nonhuman primates to the behavior and malnutrition in the rhesus monkey. The population structure and dynamics of the Borneo orang-utan in relation to its ecology and reproductive strategy are also discussed, along with the social organization of Macaca fascicularis.

Comprised of six chapters, this volume begins by discussing a field study that uses sound analysis to investigate the link between vocal pattern and social situation in the Japanese monkey (Macaca fuscata). The next chapter focuses on one particular and very important means of visual communication in nonhuman primates: facial expressions. The behavior of marmoset monkeys (Callithricidae) is then considered, with emphasis on their social structure and social organization as well as patterns of social and sexual communication. The remaining chapters explore feeding behavior and malnutrition in the rhesus monkey; the population structure and dynamics of the Borneo orang-utan in relation to its ecology and reproductive strategy; and the social organization and intergroup behavior of Macaca fascicularis.

This book should be of interest to biologists and primatologists.

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List of Contributors
Contents of Previous Volumes
Variation of Vocal Pattern with Social Situation in the Japanese Monkey (Macaca fuscata): A Field Study
I. Introduction
II. Procedures and Methods
III. The Repertoire
IV. Results and Hypotheses
V. Discussion
VI. Speculations: Articulated Sounds and the Antecedents of Speech
References
Facial Expressions in Nonhuman Primates
I. Sense Modalities
II. Nonhuman Primate Facial Expressions
III. Developmental Trends
IV. Experimental Data
V. Conclusion
References
The Behavior of Marmoset Monkeys (Callithricidae)
I. Introduction
II. Taxonomy and Distribution
III. Social Structure and Social Organization
IV. Patterns of Social and Sexual Communication
References
Behavior and Malnutrition in the Rhesus Monkey
I. Introduction
II. Primate Feeding Behavior and Nutrition
III. An Experimental Program in Protein Malnutrition
IV. Changes in Behavior Resulting from Protein Malnutrition
V. Summary
References
The Borneo Orang-Utan: Population Structure and Dynamics in Relationship to Ecology and Reproductive Strategy
I. The Study
II. Population Structure and Ecology
III. Interpretation
IV. Concomitant Behavior Patterns
V. Summary
References
Basic Data and Concepts on the Social Organization of Macaca fascicularis
I. Introduction
II. Group Composition
III. Social Organization
IV. Intergroup Behavior
V. Comparison of Macaca fascicularis with Other Macaques
VI. Summary
References
Author Index
Subject Index