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Author Herring, Pendleton

Title Primate Ethology
Published Somerset : Taylor and Francis, 2005

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Description 1 online resource (421 pages)
Contents Cover ; Half Title; Title Page ; Copyright ; Contents ; Introduction to the AldineTransaction Edition; 1 Introduction: the Study of Primate Behaviour ; 2 The Facial Displays of the Catarrhine Monkeys and Apes; 3 Socio-sexual Signals and their Intra-specific Imitation among Primates ; 4 Allogrooming in Primates: a Review; 5 Play Behaviour in Higher Primates: a Review; 6 Variability in the Social Organization of Primates; 7 Comparative Aspects of Communication in New World Primates; 8 The Effect of Social Companions on Mother-Infant Relations in Rhesus Monkeys
9 Mother-Offspring Relationships in Free-ranging Chimpanzees10 An Etiological Study of Some Aspects of Social Behaviour of Children in Nursery School; Index
Summary "This is a groundbreaking workwhich brought together studiesof monkeys and apes from boththe laboratory and the field. Manybroad aspects of primate life, including facial expressions, sexual signals, grooming, play, social organization and parental care, are covered bythe contributors and provided a whole new approach toprimate behavior."--Provided by publisher
Notes Print version record
Subject Primates -- Behavior.
Animal behavior.
Primates.
Primates (order)
Animal behavior
Primates
Primates -- Behavior
Form Electronic book
Author Morris, Desmond
Bruce, Darryl
ISBN 9781351496728
1351496727