Research Catalog

Title

Lemurs : ecology and adaptation / edited by Lisa Gould and Michelle L. Sauther.

Publication

New York : Springer, [2006], ©2006.

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Details

Additional Authors

• Gould, Lisa Lofland.
• Sauther, Michelle Linda.

Description

xx, 450 pages : illustrations, maps; 24 cm.

Series Statement

Developments in primatology

Uniform Title

Developments in primatology.

Subjects

• Lemurs > Madagascar
• Lemurs > Ecology

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents

1. Origin of the Malagasy strepsirhine primates / Ian Tattersall -- 2. Notes on the history of ecological studies of Malagasy lemurs / Alison Jolly and R. W. Sussman -- 3. Ecology and extinction of Madagascar's subfossil lemurs / Laurie R. Godfrey, William L. Jungers and Gary T. Schwartz -- 4. Impact of ecology on the teeth of extant lemurs : a review of dental adaptations, function, and life history / Frank P. Cuozzo and Nayuta Yamashira -- 5. Big is beautiful : fat storage and hibernation as a strategy to cope with marked seasonality in the fat-tailed dwarf lemur (Cheirogaleus medius) / Joanna Fietz and K. H. Dausmann -- 6. Polyspecific associations of crowned lemurs and Sanford's lemurs in Madagascar / Benjamin Z. Freed -- 7. Cathemerality in lemurs / Deborah J. Curtis -- 8. Adaptations in the aye-aye : a review / Eleanor J. Sterling and Erin E. McCreless -- 9. Evolutionary divergence in the brown lemur species complex / Steig E. Johnson -- 10. Ecological diversity and seasonal adaptations of mouse lemurs (Microcebus spp.) / Ute Radespiel -- 11. Social pair-bonding and resource defense in wild red-bellied lemurs (Eulemur rubriventer) / Deborah J. Overdorff and Staccy R. Tecot -- 12. Lemur catta ecology : what we know and what we need to know / Lisa Gould -- 13. Impact of seasonality and reproduction on social structure, ranging patterns, and fission-fusion social organization in red ruffed lemurs / Natalie Vasey -- 14. Ecologically enigmatic lemurs : the sifakas of the eastern forests (Propithecus candidus, P. diadema, P. edwardsi, P. perrieri, and P. tattersalli) / Mitchell T. Irwin -- 15. Behavioral and ecological adaptations in two small folivorous lemurs with different social organization : Avahi and Lepilemur / Urs Thalmann -- 16. The feeding ecology and related adaptations of Indri indri / Joyce A. Powzyk and Christopher B. Mowry -- 17. Behavior and ecology of gentle lemurs (Genus Hapalemur) / Chia L. Tan -- 18. Considering climate change effects in lemur ecology and conservation / Patricia C. Wright -- 19. Diet composition, foraging, and feeding behavior in relation to habitat disturbance : implications for the adaptability of ruffed lemurs (Varecia variegata editorium) in Manombo Forest, Madagascar / Jonah Ratsimbazafy -- 20. Overview on the health and disease ecology of wild lemurs : conservation implications / Randall E. Junge and Michelle L. Sauther.

ISBN

• 038734585X
• 9780387345857

OCLC

• ocm76759516
• SCSB-5303519

Owning Institutions

Columbia University Libraries