Ringtailed Lemur Biology [electronic resource] : Lemur catta in Madagascar /
Jolly, Alison.editor.
Sussman, Robert W.editor.
Koyama, Naoki.editor.
Rasamimanana, Hanta.editor.
Ringtailed Lemur Biology is the first comprehensive volume dedicated to the Lemur catta, Madagascar's flagship species, whose black and white tails adorn tourist brochures and children's schoolbooks, and which has been studied in the wild for forty years. Written by leading research scientists in the field, this is the authoritative volume on ringtailed lemur distribution, ecology, social behavior, and health and includes the first maps of their distribution, population, and decline. The editors, and contributors, have united to produce a book of cutting edge knowledge on the lemur species whose troop structure is most like the monkeys of other continents but which proves, like so much else in Madagascar, to be unique.
Description based upon print version of record.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Distribution: Ringtailed Lemurs in Madagascar -- The Distribution and Biogeography of the Ringtailed Lemur (Lemur catta) in Madagascar -- A Preliminary Estimate of Lemur catta Population Density Using Satellite Imagery -- Berenty Reserve: A Research Site in Southern Madagascar -- Beza Mahafaly Special Reserve: A Research Site in Southwestern Madagascar -- Ringtails and Their Forests: Feeding and Ranging -- Plant Species Fed on by Lemur catta in Gallery Forests of the Southern Domain of Madagascar -- Tamarind Recruitment and Long-Term Stability in the Gallery Forest at Berenty, Madagascar -- Home Ranges of Ringtailed Lemur Troops -- The Influence of Tamarind Tree Quality and Quantity on Lemur catta Behavior -- Feeding Competition Between Introduced Eulemur fulvus and Native Lemur catta During the Birth Season at Berenty Reserve, Southern Madagascar -- Tradition and Novelty: Lemur catta Feeding Strategy on Introduced Tree Species at Berenty Reserve -- Diet Quality and Taste Perception of Plant Secondary Metabolites by Lemur catta -- Social Behavior within and Between Troops -- Territory as Bet-hedging: Lemur catta in a Rich Forest and an Erratic Climate -- Resource Defense in Lemur catta: The Importance of Group Size -- Social Changes in a Wild Population of Ringtailed Lemurs (Lemur catta) at Berenty, Madagascar -- Obsession with Agonistic Power -- Male and Female Ringtailed Lemurs' Energetic Strategy Does Not Explain Female Dominance -- Male Sociality and Integration During the Dispersal Process in Lemur catta: A Case Study -- Health and Disease -- Patterns of Health, Disease, and Behavior Among Wild Ringtailed Lemurs, Lemur catta: Effects of Habitat and Sex -- Bald Lemur Syndrome and the Miracle Tree: Alopecia Associated with Leucaena leucocephala at Berenty Reserve, Madagascar -- Temporal Change in Tooth Size Among Ringtailed Lemurs (Lemur catta) at the Beza Mahafaly Special Reserve, Madagascar: Effects of an Environmental Fluctuation.
Ringtailed Lemur Biology is the first comprehensive volume dedicated to the Lemur catta, Madagascar's flagship species, whose black and white tails adorn tourist brochures and children's schoolbooks, and which has been studied in the wild for forty years. Written by leading research scientists in the field, this is the authoritative volume on ringtailed lemur distribution, ecology, social behavior, and health and includes the first maps of their distribution, population, and decline. The editors, and contributors, have united to produce a book of cutting edge knowledge on the lemur species whose troop structure is most like the monkeys of other continents but which proves, like so much else in Madagascar, to be unique.
Zoology.
Animal ecology.
Behavioral sciences.
Community ecology, Biotic.
Vertebrates.
Zoology.
Animal Ecology.
Behavioral Sciences.
Community & Population Ecology.
Vertebrates.