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Ecology and behaviour of nocturnal primates: Prosimians of equatorial West Africa. By Pierre Charles‐Dominique. Columbia University Press, New York, 1977. × + 277 pp., figures, tables, bibliography, index. $17.50 (cloth)

American Journal of Physical AnthropologyVolume 49, Issue 1 p. 153-154 Book Review Ecology and behaviour of nocturnal primates: Prosimians of equatorial West Africa. By Pierre Charles-Dominique. Columbia University Press, New York, 1977. × + 277 pp., figures, tables, bibliography, index. $17.50 (cloth) Robert W. Sussman, Robert W. Sussman Washington University, St. LouisSearch for more papers by this author Robert W. Sussman, Robert W. Sussman Washington University, St. LouisSearch for more papers by this author First published: July 1978 https://doi.org/10.1002/ajpa.1330490128AboutPDF ToolsRequest permissionExport citationAdd to favoritesTrack citation ShareShare Give accessShare full text accessShare full-text accessPlease review our Terms and Conditions of Use and check box below to share full-text version of article.I have read and accept the Wiley Online Library Terms and Conditions of UseShareable LinkUse the link below to share a full-text version of this article with your friends and colleagues. Learn more.Copy URL Share a linkShare onFacebookTwitterLinkedInRedditWechat No abstract is available for this article. Volume49, Issue1July 1978Pages 153-154 RelatedInformation

Ecology and Behaviour of Nocturnal Primates: Prosimians of Equatorial West Africa.

Ecology and Behaviour of Nocturnal Primates: Prosimians of Equatorial West Africa.

Nocturnal African Primates Ecology and Behaviour of Nocturnal Primates: Prosimians of Equatorial West Africa Pierre Charles-Dominique R. D. Martin

Nocturnal African Primates Ecology and Behaviour of Nocturnal Primates: Prosimians of Equatorial West Africa Pierre Charles-Dominique R. D. Martin

Primatology studies and methodology

Primate Ecology: Studies of Feeding and Ranging Behaviour in Lemurs, Monkeys and Apes. Edited by T. H. Clutton-Brock. Pp. xxii + 631. (Academic: London, New York and San Francisco, 1977.) £25; $41.

Prosimian behavioural ecology

Ecology and Behaviour of Nocturnal Primates. By P. Charles-Dominique. Pp.x+277 (Duckworth; London; Columbia University Press: New York, 1977.) £12.50; $21.90.

Primate social structure and ecology

Primate social structure and ecology

Primate ecology and social organization

Estimates of body weight, group size, home range size, day range length, socionomic sex ratio and sexual dimorphism are compared between 100 primate species, allocated to seven ecological categories. As would be predicted on energetic grounds, home range size and day range length are positively related to group weight and are greater in frugivores than in folivores; population density is negatively related to body weight; and group size is positively related to body weight. The adaptive significance of Variation in body size, sexual dimorphism and socionomic sex ratio is also discussed.

An Ethological Analysis of Social Agonism and Dominance Relations among Preschool Children

STRAYER, F. F., and STRAYER, JANET. An Ethological Analysis of Social Agonism and Dominance Relations among Preschool Children. CHILD DEVELOPMENT, 1976, 47, 980-989. Agonism and dyadic dominance are basic concepts in the ethological analysis of social conflict and group power relations. The present research extends the application of these concepts to the analysis of children's social behavior. A social agonism inventory, including specific initiation and response patterns, was developed from videotaped records of free play among 17 preschool children. Systematic comparison of dyadic agonistic interactions revealed relatively rigid and stable dominance relations. These relations conformed to a linear model of social dominance. Although there were sex differences in the frequency of initiated conflict, position in the dominance hierarchy was not directly related to gender. Possible developmental changes in both agonism and dominance were discussed. In addition, findings were related to comparative research .on social ecology of nonhuman primates.

Primate behaviour and ecology

Primate behaviour and ecology

BOOK REVIEWS

Comparative Ecology and Behaviour of Primates. Edited by Richard P. Michael and John H. Crook Services for Children and their Families–Aspects of Child Care for Social Workers. Edited by John Stroud. The Challenge: Despair and Hope in the Conquest of Inner Space. R. Ekstein. Behaviour Therapy with Delinquents. Edited by Jerome S. Stumphauser. Charles C. Thomas Clinical Studies in Childhood Psychoses. Edited by S. A. Szureek and I. N. Berlin. Organisation and Memory. A Review and a Project in Subnormality. P. Herriot. Josephine M. Green and R. Mcconkey. Behaviour Disorders of Childhood and Adolescence. Richard L. Jenkins Understanding Children. Richard A. Gardner

BOOK REVIEWS

Book reviewed in this article:Beyond the Information Given. By Jerome S. Bruner.The Competent Infant. Edited by L. Joseph Stone, Henrietta T. Smith and Lois B. Murphy.A First Language. By Roger Brown.The Experimental Psychology of Mental Retardation. Edited by Donald K. Routh.The Psychology of Adult Development and Aging. Edited by Carl Eisdorfer and M. Powell Lawton.The Cult of the Fact. By Liam Hudson.Minds, Brains and People. By T. E. Wilkerson.The Biology of Brains. (Institute of Biology Symposium, no. 21.) Edited by W. B. Broughton.The Neuropsychology of Thirst: New Findings and Advances in Concepts. Edited by A. N. Epstein, H. R. Kissileff and E. Stellar.Clinical Neuropsychology: Current Status and Affiliations. Edited by R. M. Reitan and L. A. Davison.Concepts and Mechanisms of Perception. By R. L. Gregory.Behavioural Research: Theory, Procedures and Design. By L. S. Meyers and N. E. Grossen.Operant Conditioning: an Experimental Analysis of Behaviour. By D. Blackman.Conundrum. By Jan Morris.Opiate Addiction: Origins and Treatment. Edited by Seymour Fisher and Alfred M. Freedman.Depression: Theory and Research. By Joseph Becker.Psychobiology of Convulsive Therapy. Edited by M. Fink, S. Kety, J. McGaugh and T. A. Williams.Electroencephalography (EEG) of Human Sleep: Clinical Applications. By Robert L. Williams, Ismet Karacan and Carolyn J. Hursch.Some Must Watch While Some Must Sleep. By William C. Dement.The Psychology of Leisure. By J. Neulinger.Psychomotor Behavior in Education and Sport. By B. J. Cratty.Comparative Ecology and Behaviour of Primates. Edited by R. P. Michael and J. H. Crook.

Energy Relations and Some Basic Properties of Primate Social Organization1

Recently published field data on non‐human primate ecology and social behavior has stimulated much discussion of the control exercised by different environments upon social behavior of populations living within those environments. Here the author attempts to contribute to that discussion by presenting a model of certain relations between food density and distribution patterns and characteristics of predator populations on the one hand, and some basic properties of primate social organization including space and resource allocation, socionomic sex ratios, mating strategies, and the structure of multi‐male social groups on the other hand. Some of the better documented primate populations are examined from the vantage point provided by the model, and a new typology of primate societies emerges. Sexual dimorphism and individual mate selection within primate groups is briefly discussed. The article concludes with a statement of its implications for the anthropological study of human social behavior.

A Handbook of Living Primates. Morphology, Ecology and Behaviour of Nonhuman Primates. J. R. Napier , P. H. Napier

Previous articleNext article No AccessNew Biological BooksA Handbook of Living Primates. Morphology, Ecology and Behaviour of Nonhuman Primates. J. R. Napier , P. H. Napier Bryan P. GlassBryan P. Glass Search for more articles by this author PDFPDF PLUS Add to favoritesDownload CitationTrack CitationsPermissionsReprints Share onFacebookTwitterLinkedInRedditEmail SectionsMoreDetailsFiguresReferencesCited by The Quarterly Review of Biology Volume 44, Number 2Jun., 1969 Published in association with Stony Brook University Article DOIhttps://doi.org/10.1086/406113 Views: 1Total views on this site PDF download Crossref reports no articles citing this article.