Manipulative Monkeys : The Capuchins of Lomas Barbudal / Susan Perry.
Perry, Susan, author.; Manson, Joseph H.
2009
QL737.P925 P47 2008
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Title Manipulative Monkeys : The Capuchins of Lomas Barbudal / Susan Perry.
Author Perry, Susan, author.
ISBN 9780674042049
DOI https://doi.org/10.4159/9780674042049
Published Cambridge, MA : Harvard University Press, [2009]
Copyright ©2011
Language English
Language Note In English.
Description 1 online resource (368 p.)
Item Number 10.4159/9780674042049 doi
Call Number QL737.P925 P47 2008
Dewey Decimal Classification 599.85 PERRY 2008
Summary This book takes us into a Costa Rican forest teeming with simian drama, where since 1990 primatologists Perry and Manson have followed four generations of capuchins. The authors describe behavior as entertaining--and occasionally as alarming--as it is recognizable: competition and cooperation, jockeying for position and status, peaceful years under an alpha male devolving into bloody chaos, and complex traditions passed from one generation to the next. Interspersed with their observations are the authors' colorful tales of the challenges of tropical fieldwork.
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Frontmatter
Contents
Prologue
1. All in a Day's Work
2. The Social Intelligence Debate and the Origins of the Lomas Barbudal Monkey Project
3. The Challenges of Foraging and Self-Medication
4. Predators, Prey, and Personality
5. Capuchin Communication
6. Abby and Tattle: Two Females' Political Careers
7. Curmudgeon: The Career of an Alpha Male
8. Moth and Tranquilo: The Strategies of Incoming Alpha Males
9. Kola and Jordan: Lethal Aggression and the Importance of Allies
10. Miffin, Nobu, and Abby: Capuchin Mothers, Infants, and Babysitters
11. Guapo: Innovation and Tradition in the Creation of Bond-Testing Rituals
12. Social Learning and the Roots of Culture
13. Nobu and La Lucha sin Fin: Conservation of Tropical Dry Forests
Epilogue
Cast of Characters
Timeline of Events in Abby's and Rambo's Groups
Glossary of Behavioral Terms in the Capuchin Communicative Repertoire
Works Cited
Acknowledgments
Index

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