Manipulative Monkeys: The Capuchins of Lomas Barbudal

This book takes us into a Costa Rican forest teeming with simian drama, where since 1990 primatologists Perry and Manson have followed four generations of capuchins. The authors describe behavior as entertaining--and occasionally as alarming--as it is recognizable: competition and cooperation, jocke...

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Main Authors: PERRY, Susan (Author), Manson, Joseph H (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Cambridge, MA Harvard University Press [2009]
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Online Access:DE-1043
DE-1046
DE-858
DE-859
DE-860
DE-739
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Summary:This book takes us into a Costa Rican forest teeming with simian drama, where since 1990 primatologists Perry and Manson have followed four generations of capuchins. The authors describe behavior as entertaining--and occasionally as alarming--as it is recognizable: competition and cooperation, jockeying for position and status, peaceful years under an alpha male devolving into bloody chaos, and complex traditions passed from one generation to the next. Interspersed with their observations are the authors' colorful tales of the challenges of tropical fieldwork
Item Description:Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 28. Apr 2021)
Physical Description:1 online resource (366 pages)
ISBN:9780674042049
DOI:10.4159/9780674042049