The Smallest Anthropoids: The Marmoset/Callimico Radiation (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9781461424468)

Phylogeny.- Molecular Phylogenetics of the Callitrichidae with an Emphasis on the Marmosets and Callimico.- The Systematics and Distributions of the Marmosets (Callithrix, Callibella, Cebuella, and Mico) and Callimico (Callimico) (Callitrichidae, Primates).- The Vocal Identity of the Callithrix Species (Primates, Callitrichidae).- Reproductive, Social, and Cognitive Behavior.- Social Behavior of Callimicos: Mating Strategies and Infant Care.- Genetic Structure Within and Among Populations of the Common Marmoset, Callithrix jacchus: Implications for Cooperative Breeding.- Mating Systems and Female-Female Competition in the Common Marmoset, Callithrix jacchus.- Balancing Cooperation and Competition in Callitrichid Primates: Examining the Relative Risk of Infanticide Across Species.- Social Hierarchy and Dispersal in Free-Ranging Buffy-Headed Marmosets (Callithrix flaviceps).- Emigration as a Reproductive Strategy of the Common Marmoset (Callithrix jacchus).- Social and Physical Cognition in Marmosets and Tamarins.- Ranging Behavior and Locomotion.- Limited Dispersal and Genetic Structure of Silvery Marmosets (Mico argentatus) in the Fragmented Landscape of Central Amazonia.- Habitat Use and Ranging Behavior of the Silvery Marmoset (Mico argentatus) at Caxiuanã National Forest (Eastern Brazilian Amazonia).- Ranging Patterns of Callimico goeldii (callimico) in a Mixed Species Group.- A Comparative Study of the Kinematics of Trunk-to-Trunk Leaping in Callimico goeldii, Callithrix jacchus, and Cebuella pygmaea.- Locomotion, Postures, and Habitat Use by Pygmy Marmosets (Cebuella pygmaea).- Anatomy.- Mother's Little Helper? The Placenta and Its Role in Intrauterine Maternal Investment in the Common Marmoset (Callithrix jacchus).- Size and Shape in Callimico and Marmoset Skulls: Allometry and Heterochrony in the Morphological Evolution of Small Anthropoids.- Cranial Morphology of the Dwarf Marmoset Callibella in the Context of Callitrichid Variability.- The Functional Significance of Jaw-Muscle Fiber Architecture in Tree-Gouging Marmosets.- The Evolutionary Morphology of Tree Gouging in Marmosets.- Marmoset Postcrania and the Skeleton of the Dwarf Marmoset, Callibella Humilis.- Conservation.- Conservation Status of Pygmy Marmosets (Cebuella Pygmaea) in Ecuador.- Conservation of the Marmosets and Callimicos.

Author: Susan M. Ford
ISBN-10: 1461424461
ISBN-13: 9781461424468
Publisher: Springer
Language: English
Published: 02/25/2012
Pages: 508
Format: Paperback
Weight: 1.56lbs
Size: 9.21h x 6.14w x 1.03d