Primate Behavior

Primate Behavior: Developments in Field and Laboratory Research, Volume 1, was created to fill the need for a publication series which can provide a continuing arena of discourse for all those scientists of varying disciplines concerned with the behavior of primates. It is expected that the participants in this new serial publication and those who will find interest and value in the material it contains will be drawn from a wide array of scientific disciplines, including psychology, anthropology, zoology, psychiatry, physiology, pharmacology, veterinary medicine, and space technology.
The present volume contains six chapters and begins with a review of the far-ranging literature on learning in the several species of anthropoids. The next three chapters review current knowledge regarding the various dimensions of abnormal behavior in primates; analyze the multidimensional concept of dominance; and detail the diversity and communality of behavior patterns in a number of tree shrew species. The final two chapters develop a conceptual approach toward and the empirical foundations of the study of social attachments in monkeys, and presents an extensive field study on the Nilgiri langur in South India, respectively.

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List of Contributors
Preface
Learning Skills of Anthropoids
I. Introduction
II. Discussion
III. Transfer Index Assessments of Anthropoid Learning
IV. Trends: Present and Future
References
Primate Status Hierarchies
I. Introduction: the Significance of the Concept and Its Measurements
II. Research Approach
III. Results and Discussion
IV. Summary and Conclusion
References
Unlearned Responses, Differential Rearing Experiences, and the Development of Social Attachments by Rhesus Monkeys
I. Introduction
II. The Self-Selection Circus
III. Species Preferences of Macaques
IV. Sex Preferences
V. Other Evidence for Unlearned Social Stimulus Effects
VI. Preference for like-Reared Animals
VII. Attachment and Very Early Social Experiences
VIII. Maternal Experiences and Attachment
IX. Summary and Conclusions
References
Behavior of Tree Shrews
I. Introduction
II. The Nervous System
III. The Reproductive System
IV. Selected Anatomical Features
V. Cytological Evidence
VI. Paleontological Evidence
VII. Studies of Behavior of Tree Shrews
VIII. Discussion
References
Abnormal Behavior in Primates
I. Introduction
II. Captivity
III. Age and Sex
IV. "Abnormalities" Associated with Birth
V. Maternal Experience in Captive but Feral-Raised Monkeys
VI. Peer Deprivation
VII. Mother-Infant Separation
VIII. Rearing in Social Isolation
IX. Maternal Punishment or Maternal Indifference
X. Summary
References
The Nilgiri Langur (Presbytis johnii) of South India
I. Material and Methods
II. Morphology and Taxonomy
III. Geographical Distribution and Ecological Niche
IV. Troop Dynamics
V. Diet and Feeding Habits
VI. The Communication Matrix
VII. Characteristics of the Home Range
VIII. Territorial Behavior
IX. Maternal Behavior and the Mother-Infant Relationship
X. Dominance Behavior
XI. Grooming Behavior
XII. Play Behavior
XIII. Patterns of Sexual Behavior
XIV. The Troop: Its Structure, Fluidity, Function, and Adaptability
XV. Conclusion
Appendix: The Dominance Repertoire
References
Author Index
Subject Index