The macaque connection : cooperation and conflict between humans and macaques / / Sindhu Radhakrishna, Michael A. Huffman, Anindya Sinha, editors |
Edizione | [1st ed. 2013.] |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | New York, : Springer, 2013 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (254 p.) |
Disciplina | 599.86415 |
Altri autori (Persone) |
RadhakrishnaSindhu
HuffmanMichael A SinhaAnindya |
Collana | Developments in primatology |
Soggetto topico | Macaques |
ISBN |
1-283-62358-7
9786613936035 1-4614-3967-1 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | pt. 1. Introduction -- pt. 2. Traditional views of macaques -- pt. 3. Cooperative relationships between humans and macaques -- pt. 4. Current scenarios of human-macaque conflict -- pt. 5. How living with and beside humans has affected macaques. |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910437612003321 |
New York, : Springer, 2013 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
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Monkeys, apes, and humans : primatology in Japan / / Michael A. Huffman ... [et al.] |
Edizione | [1st ed. 2013.] |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Tokyo, : Springer, 2013 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (61 p.) |
Disciplina | 599.8 |
Altri autori (Persone) | HuffmanMichael A |
Collana | SpringerBriefs in biology |
Soggetto topico | Primatology - Japan |
ISBN | 4-431-54153-5 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | 1 Cultural Diversity of Social Behaviors in Japanese Macaques -- 1.1 Cultural Behaviors That Have Shed Light on Non-human Primates.-1.2 Forgotten Cultures of Social Behaviors -- 1.3 Culture for Embracing Behaviors in Japanese Macaques: Prologue -- 1.4 Inter-population Differences in Behavioral Patterns and Presence or Absence of “Hug-Hug” -- 1.5 “Social Cultures” Among Non-human Primates References -- 2 Primate Self-medication and the Treatment of Parasite Infection -- 2.1 The Field of Primate Self-medication -- 2.2 Primate Self-medication and the Parasite Predicament -- 2.3 Behavioral Strategies of Health Maintenance and Parasite Control -- 2.4 Dietary Selection or Disease Prevention? -- 2.4.1 Medicinal Foods -- 2.4.2 Nutrient Poor Items -- 2.4.3 Hallucinogens and Stimulants -- 2.4.4 Antibiotic Properties -- 2.5 Therapeutic Self-medicative Behavior in Great Apes -- 2.5.1 Great Ape Parasites -- 2.5.2 Bitter Pith Chewing, a Chemical Mode of Parasite Control -- 2.5.3 Leaf-Swallowing, a Physical Mode of Parasite Control -- 2.6 Future Directions of Self-medication Research for the Health of Humans -- References -- 3 From Genes to the Mind: Comparative Genomics and Cognitive Science Elucidating Aspects of the Apes That Make Us Human -- 3.1 Exploring the Chimpanzee Mind: Thirty Five Years of Comparative-Cognitive Studies of Chimpanzees at the Primate Research Institute (PRI) -- 3.1.1 Comparative Cognitive Science -- 3.1.2 Teaching Visual Symbols to Chimpanzees: The Initiation of the “Ai Project” -- 3.1.3 How Do Chimpanzees See the World? -- 3.1.4 Comparative–Cognitive–Developmental Perspective -- 3.1.5 Step Toward the Next Decade of the Twenty-First Century -- 3.2 Primate Genome Database -- 3.2.1 Introduction -- 3.2.2 Geographical Information -- 3.2.3 Family Tree -- 3.2.4 Gallery -- 3.2.5 Genotype Comparison -- 3.2.6 Chromosome Image -- 3.2.7 Microarray -- 3.2.8 Personality Comparison -- 3.2.9 Genotype–Phenotype Relationship -- 3.3 Chimpanzee Genome Studies at an Individual Level at PRI -- 3.3.1 Advances in Genome Science in the Last Ten years -- 3.3.2 Application of NGS Technologies to Comparative Genomics Studies -- 3.3.3 Chimpanzee Genomics at an Individual Level to Understand Their Variations -- 3.3.4 Further Perspective for Linking the Genome and Phenome -- References. |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910437834103321 |
Tokyo, : Springer, 2013 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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