Macaque societies: a model for the study of social organization

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List of contributors Acknowledgements Introduction: 1. Why macaque societies? Bernard Thierry, Mewa Singh and Werner Kaumanns Part I. Individual Attributes: 2. Personality factors between and within species John P. Capitanio Box 2. Social intelligence Josep Call 3. The role of emotions in social relationships Filippo Aureli and Gabriele Schino Box 3. Power and communication Signe Preuschoft 4. Reproductive life history Fred Bercovitch and Nancy Harvey Box 4. Life history traits: ecological adaptations or phylogenetic relics? Mewa Singh and Anindya Sinha Part II. Demography and Reproductive Systems: 5. Demography: a window to social evolution Wolfgang Dittus Box 5. Patterns of group fission Kyoko Okamoto 6. Gene flow, dispersal patterns, and social organization Helene Gachot-Neveu and Nelly Menard Box 6. Dominance and paternity Andreas Paul 7. Mating systems Joseph Soltis Box 7. Homosexual behavior Paul L. Vasey Part III. Social Relationships and Networks: 8. Dominance style, social power, and conflict management: a conceptual framework Jessica C. Flack and Frans B. M. de Waal Box 8. Social space and degrees in freedom Marina Butovskaya 9. How kinship generates dominance structures: a comparative perspective Bernard Chapais Box 9. Inter-group relationships Matthew A. Cooper 10. Intergenerational transmission of behavior Christophe Chauvin and Carol M. Berman Box 10. Maternal behavior, infant handling, and socialization Dario Maestripieri Part IV. External and Internal Constraints: 11. Do ecological factors explain variation in social organizations? Nelly Menard Box 11. Intraspecific variation: implications for interspecific comparisons David A. Hill 12. Social epigenesis Bernard Thierry Box 12. The role of contingency in evolution Christophe Abegg 13. The use of artificial-life models for the study of social organization Charlotte K. Hemelrijk Box 13. Primate behaviors and natural selection William A. Mason Part V. An Outside Viewpoint: 14. An anthropologist among macaques Maurice Godelier Box 14. Do macaque species have a future? Yasuyuki Muroyama and Ardith A. Eudey Conclusion: 15. Toward integrating the multiple dimensions of societies Bernard Thierry, Mewa Singh and Werner Kaumann References Index.