Special Topics in Primatology

Primate Conservation: The Role of Zoological Parks
Janette Wallis, Volume Editor
H. Dieter Steklis, Book Series Editor

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ISBN: 0-9658301-0-1/252 pp./ill./1997/$25.00
This book is a publication of the American Society of Primatologists.
All profits go to the ASP’s Primate Conservation Fund.

Foreword……………Russell A. Mittermeier
Preface……………Janette Wallis
From Ancient Expeditions to Modern Exhibitions: The Evolution of Primate Conservation in the Zoo Community……………Janette Wallis
The Role of North American Zoos in Primate Conservation……………Robert J. Wiese and Michael Hutchins
The Conservation Role of Primate Exhibits in the Zoo……………Kenneth C. Gold
Zoos and In Situ Primate Conservation……………Fred W. Koontz
Zoo-based Conservation of Malagasy Prosimians……………Sukie Zeeve and Ingrid Porton
Developing a Conservation Action Program for the Cotton-top Tamarin (Saguinus oedipus)……………Anne Savage, Humberto Giraldo, and Luis Soto
The Gateway Zoo Program: A Recent Initiative in Golden Lion Tamarin Reintroductions……………Tara Stoinski, Benjamin Beck, Mary Bowman, and John Lehnhardt
Steady-state Propagation of Captive Lion-tailed Macaques in North American Zoos: A Conservation Strategy……………Donald G. Lindburg, John Iaderosa, and Laurence Gledhill
Drills (Mandrillus leucophaeus): Research and Conservation Initiatives, 1986-1996……………Cathleen Cox
Multi-disciplinary Strategic Planning for Gibbon Conservation in Thailand and Indonesia……………Ronald Tilson, Katherine Castle, Jatna Supriatna, Kunkun Jaka Gurmaya, Warren Brockelman, and Schwann Tunhikorn
Partners In Conservation: Establishing In Situ Partnerships to Aid Mountain Gorillas and People in Range Countries……………Charlene Jendry
Bonobo Conservation: The Evolution of a Zoological Society Program……………Gay E. Reinartz and Gilbert K. Boese

APPENDIX: Primate Conservation Resources on the World Wide Web

A. General Sources of Information on Primate Conservation

B. Individual AZA-Accredited Zoos on the Web

C. Web Sites Devoted to Individual Taxonomic Primate Groups or Regions

The Care and Management of Captive Chimpanzees
Linda Brent, Volume Editor
Janette Wallis, Book Series Editor

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ISBN: 0-9658301-0-1/252 pp./ill./1997/$25.00
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All profits go to the ASP’s Primate Conservation Fund.

Foreword……………Frans deWaal
Preface……………Linda Brent
A Brief History of Captive Chimpanzees in the United States……………Linda Brent
What Does a Chimpanzee Need? Using Natural Behavior to Guide the Care of Captive Populations……………Jill Pruetz and William C. McGrew
Chimpanzee Medicine and Care Program……………D. Rick Lee and Faisal Guhad
Reproductive Management and Captive Chimpanzees: Contraceptive Decisions……………Tammie Bettinger and Karen DeMatteo
Chimpanzee Facility Design……………Jon Coe, Randy Fulk, and Linda Brent
Social Management of Captive Chimpanzees……………Mollie Bloomsmith and Kate Baker
Behavior and Environmental Enrichment of Individually Housed Chimpanzees……………Linda Brent
The Use of Positive Reinforcement Techniques with Chimpanzees for Enhanced Care and Welfare……………Gail Laule and Margaret Whittaker
Captive Chimpanzee Social Group Formation……………Jo Fritz and Susan Howell
How much will it Cost to Keep our Chimpanzees……………Bennett Dyke
Laws, Policies, and Guidelines on the Care and Use of Captive Chimpanzees in the United States……………Sarah Williams-Blangero
and John VandeBerg

Sexual Selection and Reproductive Competition in Primates: New Perspectives and Directions
Clara B. Jones, Volume Editor
Janette Wallis, Book Series Editor

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ISBN: 0-9658301-2-8/650 pp./ill./2003/$60.00 ($45.00 for ASP Members)
This book is a publication of the American Society of Primatologists.
All profits go to the ASP Education Committee’s Minority Initiative

Foreword……………Joseph H. Manson
Preface……………Clara B. Jones
A Brief History of the Study of Sexual Selection and Reproductive Competition in Primatology……………Nazima Shahnoor and Clara B. Jones
Demography and the Temporal Scale of Sexual Selection……………Karen B. Strier
Models of Reproductive Skew Applied to Primates……………Reinmar Hager
Alternative Reproductive Behaviors in Primates: Towards General Principles……………Clara B. Jones & Govindasamy Agoramoorthy
How Color May Guide the Primate World: Possible Relationships Between Sexual Selection and Sexual Dichromatism……………Melissa S. Gerald
Sex Ratio Bias from the Effects of Parity on the Reproductive Characteristics of Garnett’s Bushbaby: Implications for Sexual Selection……………Sheree Watson, Willie Bingham, Ronda Stavisky, Aarion Gray, and M. Babette Fontenot
Reproductive Competition Among Female Common Marmosets (Callithrix jacchus): Proximate and Ultimate Causes……………Wendy Saltzman
Interfering With Others: Female-Female Reproductive Competition in Pan paniscus……………Hilde Vervaecke, Jeroen Stevens, & Linda Van Elsacker
The Potential for Cryptic Female Choice in Primates: Behavioral, Anatomical, and Physiological Considerations……………DeeAnn M. Reeder
Scent Marking, Paternal Care, and Sexual Selection in Callitrichines……………Eckhard W. Heymann
Re-evaluating the Sexual Selection Hypothesis for Infanticide by Alouatta Males……………Carolyn M. Crockett
Male Infanticide in Wild Savanna Baboons: Adaptive Significance and Intraspecific Variation……………Ryne A. Palombit
The Evolution of Alternative Reproductive Morphs in Male Primates……………Joanna M. Setchell
Sperm Competition and the Function of Male Masturbation in Nonhuman Primates……………Ruth Thomsen, Joseph Soltis, & Christian Teltscher
Sexual Selection and Foraging Behavior in Male and Female Tamarins and Marmosets……………Júlio César Bicca-Marques
Behavioral Aspects of Sexual Selection in Mountain Gorillas……………Martha M. Robbins
Hybrid Zones and Sexual Selection: Insights from the Awash Baboon Hybrid Zone (Papio hamadryas anubis x P. h. hamadryas)……………Thore J. Bergman & Jacinta C. Beehner
Testing Some Theoretical Expectations of Sexual Selection versus the Recognition Species Concept in the Speciose Macaques of Sulawesi, Indonesia……………Jeffery W. Froehlich
Comparative and Theoretical Approaches to Studying Sexual Selection in Primates……………Charles L. Nun

Commensalism and Conflict: The Human-Primate Interface
James D. Paterson and Janette Wallis, Volume Editors
Janette Wallis, Book Series Editor

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ISBN: 0-9658301-3-6/504 pp./ill./2005/$60.00 ($45.00 for ASP Members)
This book is a publication of the American Society of Primatologists.
All profits go to the ASP’s Primate Conservation Fund.

Foreword……………Linda D. Wolfe
Preface……………James D. Paterson
Perceptions of Pests: Human Attitudes to Primates, Conflict and Consequences For Conservation……………Phyllis C. Lee and Nancy E.C. Priston
By-product Mutualism: Conservation Implications Amongst Monkeys, Figs, Humans, and Their Domesticants in Honduras……………Frances Burton and Alison Carroll
People, Crops, and Primates: A Conflict of Interests……………Catherine M Hill
Human Social Issues, Disease, and Sympatric Apes in the Central African Republic……………Alecia A. Lilly
Residents and Immigrants: Reactions and Perceptions of Crop Raiding in Masindi District, Uganda……………James Paterson
Primates in the Forest: Sakalava Ethnoprimatology and Synecological Relations with Black Lemurs at Ambato Massif, Madagascar……………Ian C. Colquhoun
Tanala Synecological Relations with Lemurs in Southeastern Madagascar……………Patricia C. Wright, Bakolinirina R. Andrianamihaja, and Soloniaina Raharimiandra
Tourist Impacts on the Behavior of Black Howling Monkeys (Alouatta pigra) at Lamanai, Belize……………Adrian Treves and Katrina Brandon
Monkey Forests and Human Landscapes: Is Extensive Sympatry Sustainable for Homo sapiens and Macaca fascicularis on Bali?……………Agustin Fuentes, Mark Southern, and Komang Gde Suaryana
Characterizing Primate Pet Ownership in Sulawesi: Implications for Disease Transmission……………Lisa Jones-Engel, Michael Schillaci, Gregory Engel, Umar Paputungan, and Jeffery Froehlich
Farmer Attitudes Toward the Conservation of “Pest” Monkeys: The View from Nepal……………Mukesh K. Chalise and Rodney L. Johnson
Rhesus Commensalism in India: Problems and Prospects……………Charles H. Southwick, Iqbal Malik, and M. Farooq Siddiqi
City Monkeys (Macaca mulatta): A Study Of Human Attitudes……………Arun Srivastava and Farzana Begum
Coexistence of Bonnet Monkeys (Macaca radiata radiata Geoffroy) with Planters in the Cardamom (Elettaria cardamum Maton) and Coffee (Coffea arabica L.) Plantations of Karnataka, South India: Hospitable or Hostile?……………Akshay K.Chakravarthy and Nandipura E.Thyagaraj
Habitat Destruction, Population Compression and Overbrowsing by the Zanzibar Red Colobus Monkey (Procolobus kirkii)……………Kirstin S. Siex
Round Up the Usual Suspects – Conflict Between Monkeys and Farmers in East and West Africa……………Janice Chism
The Population Status of the Ursine Colobus (Colobus vellerosus) at Boabeng-Fiema, Ghana……………Tania Saj, Julie Teichroeb, and Pascale Sicotte
Tibetan Macaques, Visitors, and Local People at Mt. Emei: Problems and Countermeasures……………Qi-Kun Zhao
Recent Expansion of the Range of Japanese Macaques, and Associated Management Problems……………Kunio Watanabe and Yasuyuki Muroyama
Applied Conditioned Taste Aversion and the Management and Conservation Of Crop-raiding Primates……………Debra L. Forthman, Shirley C. Strum, and Gerald M. Muchemi
Managing Monkeys and Mangos……………Mary Baker and Adelina Schutt