Overview
- Covers a broad perspective on life-histories in primates and other mammals
- Contains chapters on new and exciting topics in primate feeding ecology including primate adaptations to changing environments, a currently urgent topic because of dramatic changes of their environments
- Combines ideas on biological concepts of sex roles in primates and sociological concepts of gender roles in the academic environment, an area that Linda Fedigan has pioneered
Part of the book series: Developments in Primatology: Progress and Prospects (DIPR)
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Table of contents (17 chapters)
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Part II
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Part III
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About this book
The original works presented in this book are organized around four major research areas that have been greatly advanced and influenced by Linda Fedigan:
- Primate life histories
- Sex roles, gender, and science
- Primate-environment interactions
- Primate adaptation to changing environments
Editors and Affiliations
About the editors
Katharine (Kathy) Jack completed her MA (1995, under Mary Pavelka) and BSc (1992) at the University of Calgary. For her Master’s research, Kathy studied the behavior of peripheral male Japanese macaques during the mating season at the Arashiyama West site in south Texas, where Mary Pavelka first introduced her to Linda Fedigan. In 1997, she joined the doctoral program at the University of Alberta, where, under the guidance of Linda Fedigan, she studied male life history patterns in white-faced capuchins in Santa Rosa National Park in Costa Rica. In 2001, just months after completing her doctorate in Anthropology, Kathy took up a faculty position at Appalachian State University in Boone, North Caroline. In 2003, Kathy moved to Tulane University, where she currently holds the title of Professor of Anthropology and Director of Environmental Studies. After a three-year stint studying Cebus albifrons in coastal Ecuador, Kathy returned to Costa Rica in 2005 to take up the role of co-director of the Santa Rosa Primate Project with Linda (they were joined by Amanda Melin in 2011). Kathy’s research, which incorporates behavioral, demographic, genetic, and hormone data, focuses on life history patterns, dispersal, and reproductive strategies in male white-faced capuchins. She also works closely with Linda Fedigan and Fernando Campos on tracking the long-term impacts of forest protection, forest regeneration, and climate change on the howler and capuchin populations within Santa Rosa.
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Primate Life Histories, Sex Roles, and Adaptability
Book Subtitle: Essays in Honour of Linda M. Fedigan
Editors: Urs Kalbitzer, Katharine M. Jack
Series Title: Developments in Primatology: Progress and Prospects
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-98285-4
Publisher: Springer Cham
eBook Packages: Biomedical and Life Sciences, Biomedical and Life Sciences (R0)
Copyright Information: Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2018
Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-319-98284-7Published: 17 December 2018
eBook ISBN: 978-3-319-98285-4Published: 29 October 2018
Series ISSN: 1574-3489
Series E-ISSN: 1574-3497
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XXV, 385
Number of Illustrations: 57 b/w illustrations, 14 illustrations in colour
Topics: Animal Ecology, Evolutionary Biology, Conservation Biology/Ecology, Biological and Physical Anthropology, Behavioral Sciences