| Description |
xvii, 362 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm |
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Garland series in ethology |
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Garland series in ethology.
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| Contents |
How would we know if social organization were not adaptive? / T.E. Rowell -- Significant parameters of environmental quality for nonhuman primates / F. Bourliere -- Demographic constraints on behavior and social organization / S.A. Altmann and J. Altmann -- Population demography, social organization, and mating strategies / R.I.M. Dunbar -- The phylogenetic and ontogenetic variables that shape behavior and social organization / J.D. Baldwin and J.I. Baldwin -- Ecological influences on Australian aboriginal social organization / J.B. Birdsell -- The variation and adaptation of social groups of chimpanzees and black and white colobus monkeys / A. Suzuki -- Activity patterns in howler and spider monkeys: an application of socio-bioenergetic methods / A.M. Coelho, C.A. Bramblett, and L.B. Quick -- Home range size, population density and phylogeny in primates / T.H. Clutton-Brock and P. Harvey -- Habitat, economy, and society: some correlations and hypotheses for the neotropical primates / J.F. Eisenberg -- BiologicaI parameters and Pleistocene hominid life-ways / C.L. Brace -- Ecological factors and social organization in human evolution / B.G. Campbell -- On describing primate groups as systems: the concept of ecosocial behavior / U. Nagel -- In summary / I.S. Bernstein and E.O. Smith |
| Analysis |
HUMAN ORIGINS |
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PRIMATE ECOLOGY |
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SOCIAL ORGANIZATION |
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WENNER-GREN |
| Notes |
"This volume arises from the proceedings of a conference on 'ecological influences on social organization: evolution and adaptation' held at the European conference center of the Wenner-Gren Foundation for Anthropological Research in August, 1977." |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographies and index |
| Subject |
Human evolution -- Congresses.
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Mammals -- Behavior -- Congresses.
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Mammals -- Ecology -- Congresses.
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Primates -- Behavior -- Congresses.
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Primates -- Ecology -- Congresses.
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Social behavior in animals -- Congresses.
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Social evolution in animals -- Congresses.
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Social evolution -- Congresses.
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| Genre/Form |
Conference papers and proceedings.
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| Author |
Bernstein, Irwin S. (Irwin Samuel), 1933-
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Smith, Euclid O.
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Wenner-Gren Foundation for Anthropological Research.
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| LC no. |
79011152 |
| ISBN |
0824070801 |
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