Kinship and behavior in primates (Oxford University Press, 2004)
Includes bibliographical references and indexes
Introduction: The kinship black box / Bernard Chapais, Carol M. Berman -- Determination of genealogical relationships from genetic data : a review of methods and applications / Phillip A. Morin, Tony L. Goldberg -- Noninvasive genotyping and field studies of free-ranging nonhuman primates / David S. Woodruff -- Is there no place like home? Ecological bases of female dispersal and philopatry and their consequences for the formation of kin groups / Lynne A. Isbell -- Dispersal and the population genetics of primate species / Guy A. Hoelzer, Juan Carlos Morales, Don J. Melnick -- The effects of demographic variation on kinship structure and behavior in cercopithecines / David A. Hill -- Matrilineal kinship and primate behavior / Ellen Kapsalis -- Patrilineal kinship and primate behavior / Karen B. Strier -- Kinship and behavior among nongregarious nocturnal prosimians : what do we really know? / Leanne T. Nash -- Kinship structure and reproductive skew in cooperatively breeding primates / James M. Dietz -- Kinship structure and its impact on behavior in multilevel societies / Fernando Colmenares -- The impact of kinship on mating and reproduction / Andreas Paul, Jutta Kuester -- "Recognizing" kin : mechanisms, media, minds, modules, and muddles / Drew Rendall -- Developmental aspects of kin bias in behavior / Carol M. Berman -- The recognition of other individuals' kinship relationships / Dorothy L. Cheney, Robert M. Seyfarth -- Constraints on kin selection in primate groups / Bernard Chapais, Patrick Bélisle -- Human kinship : a continuation of politics by other means? / Lars Rodseth, Richard Wrangham
Residence groups among hunter-gatherers : a view of the claims and evidence for patrilocal bands / Helen Perich Alvarez -- Mating, parenting, and the evolution of human pair bonds / Kristen Hawkes -- Variation in nepotistic regimes and kin recognition : a major area for future research / Bernard Chapais, Carol M. Berman
This book presents a series of review chapters on the various aspects of primate kinship and behavior, as a fundamental reference for students and professionals interested in primate behavior, ecology and evolution. The relatively new molecular data allow one to assess directly degrees of genetic relatedness and kinship relations between individuals, and a considerable body of data on intergroup variation, based on experimental studies in both free-ranging and captive groups has accumulated, allowing a rather full and satisfying reconsideration of this whole broad area of research. The book should be of considerable interest to students of social evolution and behavioral ecology