Savanna Monkeys The Genus Chlorocebus

About this book

Living across Africa and the Caribbean, this widely dispersed primate population must adapt to different environmental challenges. How do members of the genus Chlorocebus live in desert-like conditions and in areas with freezing temperatures and snow in winter? Savanna Monkeys examines the ways these primates adapt genetically, hormonally, physically and behaviourally to their changing landscapes. It features summary chapters for major topics such as behavioural ecology, life history, taxonomy, genetics and ethnoprimatology. Shorter essays supplement the work, with experts detailing their particular research on these primates. The combination of scholarship provides both a comprehensive view of this adaptable genus while enabling the reader to gain depth in specific topics. Developed from a symposium, Savanna Monkeys combines decades of experience working with savanna monkeys into a tangible resource, for students and researchers in primatology as well as evolutionary and behavioural studies.

Contents

Preface Trudy R. Turner, Christopher A. Schmitt and Jennifer D. Cramer

1. Introduction Trudy R. Turner, Christopher A. Schmitt and Jennifer D. Cramer
2. Biological Resources for Genomic Investigation in Vervet Monkey (Chlorocebus) Anna J. Jasinska
3. Vervet Taxonomy Trudy R. Turner, Christopher A. Schmitt and Jennifer D. Cramer
4. The Promise of Vervet Genomics Wesley C. Warren and Michael J. Montague
5. African Green Monkeys as a Natural Host of SIV Cristian Apetrei, Kevin Raehtz and Ivona Pandrea
6. The Vervet Microbiome Katherine R. Amato
7. Population Genetics Trudy R. Turner, Christopher A. Schmitt and Jennifer D. Cramer
8. Population Genetic Structure of Vervet Monkeys in South Africa Willem G. Coetzer, Joseph G. Lorenz, Nelson B. Freimer and J. Paul Grobler
9. Behavioral Ecology of Vervets Trudy R. Turner, Christopher A. Schmitt and Jennifer D. Cramer
10. Socioecology of Vervet Monkeys Patricia Whitten
11. Biological Complexity in Primate Sociality and Health Brandi T. Wren
12. Predation and Food Competition in Vervet Monkeys (Chlorocebus pygerythrus) Lynne A. Isbell
13. Vervet Monkeys' Social Learning Abilities Erica van de Waal
14. Life History Trudy R. Turner, Christopher A. Schmitt and Jennifer D. Cramer
15. The Social and Thermal Competence of Wild Vervet Monkeys Richard McFarland, Peter Henzi and Louise Barrett
16. Novelty Seeking in Vervets: Developmental, Genetic and Environmental Influences Lynn A. Fairbanks
17. Measurement of Novelty Seeking in Wild Vervet Monkeys Maryjka Blaszczyk
18. Causes of Variation in the Static Allometry of Morphological Structures: A Case Study with Vervet Monkeys Rafael L. Rodríguez, Tegan J. Gaetano, J. Paul Grobler and Nelson B. Freimer
19. Ethnoprimatology Trudy R. Turner, Christopher A. Schmitt and Jennifer D. Cramer
20. Exploring Caribbean Vervet Monkeys (Chlorocebus aethiops sabaeus) through an Ethnoprimatological Lens Kerry M. Dore
21. Vervet Monkeys (Chlorocebus pygerthrus), Chimpanzees (Pan troglodytes), and Humans (Homo sapiens): Studying Interactions using Stable Isotope Analysis Matt Sponheimer, James E. Loudon, J. Paul Grobler, Kimberly Moyer and Joseph G. Lorenz

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Biography

Trudy R. Turner is Professor of Anthropology at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee and an Affiliated Faculty member in the Genetics Department at the University of the Free State, Bloemfontein, South Africa. She is co-founder of Primate Ecology and Genetics Group (PEGG), the South African Primatology Society.

Christopher A. Schmitt is Assistant Professor of Anthropology and Biology at Boston University, where he is also affiliated faculty in the Women's, Gender, and Sexuality Program.

Jennifer Danzy Cramer is Associate Professor and Program Director of the Sociology, Anthropology, and Women's Studies Program at American Public University.


Contributors:
- Trudy R. Turner
- Christopher A. Schmitt
- Jennifer D. Cramer
- Anna J. Jasinska
- Wesley C. Warren
- Michael J. Montague
- Cristian Apetrei
- Kevin Raehtz
- Ivona Pandrea
- Katherine R. Amato
- Willem G. Coetzer
- Joseph G. Lorenz
- Nelson B. Freimer
- J. Paul Grobler
- Patricia Whitten
- Brandi T. Wren
- Lynne A. Isbell
- Erica van de Waal
- Richard McFarland
- Peter Henzi
- Louise Barrett
- Lynn A. Fairbanks
- Maryjka Blaszczyk
- Rafael L. Rodríguez
- Tegan J. Gaetano
- Kerry M. Dore
- Matt Sponheimer
- James E. Loudon
- Kimberly Moyer