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Including valuable advice for those planning a field study, this practical manual for students and researchers studying wild primates provides essential information concerning the technical and practical aspects of field and laboratory methods. The study covers surveys and habituation, remote sensing and GPS, tracking and trapping, non-invasive genetic and endocrine assays, and ethical issues. It will be appropriate for final year undergraduates, postgraduate students and researchers in primatology, behavioral ecology and zoology.

Table of Contents:
1. Human-nonhuman primate interactions: an ethnoprimatological approach Lisa Jones-Engel, Michael A. Schillaci and Gregory A. Engel; 2. Habituating primates: processes, techniques, variables and ethics Elizabeth A. Williamson and Anna T. C. Feistner; 3. Habitat description and phenology Jörg U. Ganzhorn; 4. The Global Positioning System, Geographical Information Systems and remote sensing Karel Hughes; 5. Monitoring local weather and climate Julian Mayes; 6. Survey and census methods: population distribution and density Caroline Ross and Nigel Reeve; 7. Trapping Clifford J. Jolly, Jane E. Phillips-Conroy and Alexandra E. Müller; 8. Handling, anaesthesia, health evaluation and biological sampling Marc Ancrenaz, Joanna M. Setchell and Deborah J. Curtis; 9. Morphology, morphometrics and taxonomy Colin Groves and Joanne Harding; 10. Marking and radio-tracking Paul E. Honess and David W. MacDonald; 11. Feeding ecology and seed dispersal J. Lawrence Dew; 12. Dietary analysis I: food physics Peter W. Lucas, Daniel Osorio, Nayuta Yamashita, Jonathan F. Prinz, Nathaniel J. Dominy and Brian W. Darvell; 13. Dietary analysis II: food chemistry Peter W. Lucas, Richard T. Corlett, Nathaniel J. Dominy, Hafejee C. Essackjee, Pablo Riba-Hernandez, Kathryn E. Stoner and Nayuta Yamashita; 14. Collecting arthropods and arthropod remains for primate studies Claire M. P. Ozanne and James R. Bell; 15. Tape-recording primate vocalisations Thomas Geissmann; 16. Photography and video for field researchers Noel Rowe and Marc Myers; 17. Chronological aspects of primate research Hans G. Erkert; 18. Thermoregulation and energetics Jutta Schmid; 19. Field endocrinology: monitoring hormonal changes in free-ranging primates J. Keith Hodges and Michael Heistermann; 20. Collection, storage and analysis of non-invasive genetic material in primate biology Benoît Goossens, Nicola Anthony, Kathryn Jeffery, Mireille Johnson-Bawe and Michael W. Bruford; 21. Tips from the bush: an A-Z of suggestions for successful fieldwork Simon K. Bearder, K. A. I. Nekaris, Deborah J. Curtis, J. Lawrence Dew, Julia N. Lloyd and Joanna M. Setchell.

About the Author :
Joanna M. Setchell is a Post-doctoral Research Fellow at the University of Surrey Roehampton, and the Centre International de Recherches Médicales in Gabon. Deborah J. Curtis is a Post-doctoral Research Fellow at the University of Surrey Roehampton.

Review :
'As the first accessible and nearly comprehensive overview of primatological methodologies in over two decades, this book is long overdue and yet, well worth the wait … This text will be of immeasurable importance for the coming generation of primatologists … this book is a core requirement for all students of primatology (and degreed professionals as well) … I applaud the editors for the remarkable job and encourage primatologists to read this book and keep issues of methods and ethics in the forefront of their project planning and activities.' Primates 'This is an excellent book. Reading it should be made compulsory for anybody thinking of going out into the wild to study primates for the first time. In addition, it is a very useful reference book for even the most experienced fieldworkers. Never leave home without it.' Folia Primatologica '… it fills a very important niche in the methodological literature … does an excellent job of demonstrating the application of relatively new technologies …'. Blackwell Verlag 'Each chapter provides an informative review of a specific aspect of primate research that should serve as a good starting point for further reading. As a consequence this book should be of great value to students embarking on their research careers … this book could still provide a useful first port of call for anyone moving into new areas or research techniques … if you are looking for an introduction to topics ranging from working with the local community and primate habituation to measuring climate, phonology, morphology, plant chemistry, endocrinology and genetics to the practicalities of trapping and anaesthetizing primates then this is almost certainly the place to start … this is a comprehensive text that provides informative introductions to most of the major areas and techniques that are likely to be of use to someone embarking on a study of primates … I am certain that this book will provide a useful starting reference not only to new primate researchers but also to the more established practitioner looking to expand their horizons.' Primate Eye


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Product Details
  • ISBN-13: 9780521820042
  • Publisher: Cambridge University Press
  • Publisher Imprint: Cambridge University Press
  • Height: 237 mm
  • No of Pages: 370
  • Returnable: N
  • Returnable: N
  • Sub Title: A Practical Guide
  • Width: 159 mm
  • ISBN-10: 0521820049
  • Publisher Date: 18 Sep 2003
  • Binding: Hardback
  • Language: English
  • Returnable: N
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  • Spine Width: 23 mm
  • Weight: 740 gr


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