The purpose of this volume is to present a comprehensive overview of recent advances in primate field research, ecology, and conservation biology in Mesoamerica. The overall goal of each contribution is to integrate newly collected field data with theoretical perspectives drawn from evolutionary biology, socioecology, biological anthropology, and ...
This will be the first time a volume will be compiled focusing on South American monkeys as models to address and test critical issues in the study of nonhuman primates. In addition, the volume will serve an important compliment to the book on Mesoamerican primates recently published in the series under the "DIPR" book series. The book will be of ...
This book is the second major volume dealing with the fruit/seed/frugivore mutualism, which is an ecological interaction of profound importance in many habitats around the world. This mutualism is particularly well-developed in the tropics, where a majority of trees and shrubs depend on animals for their seed dispersal. Detailed studies of this ...
Los autores abordan el dao ocasionado en los ltimos 50 aos en la selva tropical lluviosa de Mxico, localizada principalmente en el rea de la vertiente del Golfo, la pennsula de Yucatn y la zona del Istmo de Tehuantepec hasta Guatemala, que adquiere dimensiones desconocidas al ver que constituye una prdida de entre 80 y 90% en nuestro pas. Este ...
No es muy conocida la ciencia de la etologa, o estudio del comportamiento animal, que toma como ejemplo a los primates. Adems de una seccin dedicada a la etologa humana con planteamientos adecuados al estudio de nuestra especie, se incluyen aqu los estudios que el autor realiza con los monos de la selva de Los Tuxtlas, Veracruz.
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