Field and laboratory methods in primatology : a practical guide /
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| Imprint: | Cambridge, U.K. ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2003. |
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| Description: | xxv, 343 p. : ill. ; 24 cm. |
| Language: | English |
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| Format: | Print Book |
| URL for this record: | http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/4973022 |
Table of Contents:
- 1. Human-nonhuman primate interactions: an ethnoprimatological approach
- 2. Habituating primates: processes, techniques, variables and ethics
- 3. Habitat description and phenology
- 4. The Global Positioning System, Geographical Information Systems and remote sensing
- 5. Monitoring local weather and climate
- 6. Survey and census methods: population distribution and density
- 7. Trapping
- 8. Handling, anaesthesia, health evaluation and biological sampling
- 9. Morphology, morphometrics and taxonomy
- 10. Marking and radio-tracking
- 11. Feeding ecology and seed dispersal
- 12. Dietary analysis I: food physics
- 13. Dietary analysis II: food chemistry
- 14. Collecting arthropods and arthropod remains for primate studies
- 15. Tape-recording primate vocalisations
- 16. Photography and video for field researchers
- 17. Chronological aspects of primate research
- 18. Thermoregulation and energetics
- 19. Field endocrinology: monitoring hormonal changes in free-ranging primates
- 20. Collection, storage and analysis of non-invasive genetic material in primate biology
- 21. Tips from the bush: an A-Z of suggestions for successful fieldwork
