| Colobine Monkeys: Their Ecology, Behaviour and Evolution Contributor(s): Davies, Glyn (Editor), Oates, John (Editor) |
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ISBN: 0521331536 ISBN-13: 9780521331531 Publisher: Cambridge University Press OUR PRICE: $108.30 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: January 1995 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Science | Life Sciences - Biology - Science | Life Sciences - Zoology - Primatology |
| Dewey: 599.82 |
| LCCN: 94014232 |
| Physical Information: 1.13" H x 6" W x 9" (1.77 lbs) 432 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Colobine monkeys have a unique digestive system that allows them to exploit foliage as a food source. This gives them a niche in Old World forests where they are often the only abundant medium-sized arboreal folivorous mammal. From a possible Miocene origin, colobine monkeys have radiated into a wide variety of forms inhabiting a range of tropical woodlands in Africa and Asia. The central theme of this work is adaptive radiation, showing how the special features of colobine anatomy interacted with a range of ecosystems to produce the distinctive species of today. Most of the extant species have been subject to long-term field studies, but until this book, no synthesis of work on this group has been available. The book discusses parallels with other mammalian groups. |