The Lawrence Jacobsen Library
P-S/PrimateLit Review Books

Huffman, Michael A.; Chapman, Colin A., eds.
Cambridge University Press, 2009.

Cambridge Studies in Biological and Evolutionary Anthropology
Cambridge University Press, 2009

ABOUT THE BOOK

Anyone who has spent an extended period in the tropics has an idea, through caring for others or first-hand experience, just what it is like to be a primate parasite host. Monkeys and apes often share parasites with humans, for example the HIV viruses which evolved from related viruses of chimpanzees and sooty mangabeys, and so understanding the ecology of infectious diseases in non-human primates is of paramount importance. Furthermore, there is accumulating evidence that environmental change may promote contact between humans and non-human primates and increase the possibility of sharing infectious disease. Written for academic researchers, this book addresses these issues and provides up-to-date information on the methods of study, natural history and ecology/theory of the exciting field of primate parasite ecology.

ABOUT THE EDITORS

Michael A. Huffman is an Associate Professor, and the first tenured non-Japanese faculty member at Kyoto University’s Primate Research Institute, Japan. He is currently an editor for the American Journal of Primatology. His research on host-parasite relationships and primate self-medication has involved multi-disciplinary international collaborations on species around the world spanning over 15 countries.

Colin A. Chapman is a Professor in the Department of Anthropology and McGill School of Environment at McGill University and a Canada Research Chair in Primate Ecology and Conservation. He has been an associate scientist with the Wildlife Conservation Society since 1995 and for the last 18 years has conducted research in the Kibale National Park, Uganda.

CONTENTS

Primate disease ecology: an integrative approach / Michael A. Huffman and Colin A. Chapman

PART I. METHODS TO STUDY PRIMATE-PARASITE INTERACTIONS

1. Collection methods and diagnostic procedures for primate parasitology / Ellis C. Greiner and Antoinette McIntosh

2. Methods of collection and identification of minute nematodes from the feces of primates, with special application to coevolutionary study of pinworms / Hideo Hasegawa

3. The utility of molecular methods for elucidating primate-pathogen relationships – the Oesophagostomum bifurcum example / Robin B. Gasser, Johanna M. de Gruijter and Anton M. Polderman

4. The application of endocrine measures in primate parasite ecology / Michael Muehlenbein

5. Using agent-based models to investigate primate disease ecology / Charles L. Nunn

PART II. THE NATURAL HISTORY OF PRIMATE–PARASITE INTERACTIONS

6. What does a parasite see when it looks at a chimpanzee? / Michael V. K. Sukhdeo and Suzanne C. Sukhdeo

7. Primate malarias: evolution, adaptation, and species jumping / Anthony Di Fiore, Todd Disotell, Pascal Gagneux and Francisco J. Ayala

8. Disease avoidance and the evolution of primate social connectivity: Ebola, bats, gorillas, and chimpanzees / Peter D. Walsh, Magdalena Bermejo and José Domingo Rodríguez-Teijeiro

9. Primate-parasitic zoonoses and anthropozoonoses: a literature review / Taranjit Kaur and Jatinder Singh

10. Lice and other parasites as markers of primate evolutionary history / David L. Reed, Melissa A. Toups, Jessica E. Light, Julie M. Allen and Shelly Flannigan

11. Cryptic species and biodiversity of lice from primates / Natalie Leo

12. Prevalence of Clostridium perfringens in intestinal microflora of non-human primates / Shiho Fujita, Asami Ogasawara and Takashi Kageyama

13. Intestinal bacteria of chimpanzees in the wild and in captivity - an application of molecular ecological methodologies / Kazunari Ushida

14. Gastrointestinal parasites of bonobos in the Lomako Forest, Democratic Republic of Congo / Jozef Dupain, Carlos Nell, Klára Judita Petrželková, Paola Garcia, David Modrý and Francisco Ponce Gordo

15. Habitat disturbance and seasonal fluctuations of lemur parasites in the rain forest of Ranomafana National Park, Madagascar / Patricia C. Wright, Summer J. Arrigo-Nelson, Kristina L. Hogg, Brian Bannon, Toni Lyn Morelli, Jeffrey Wyatt, A. L. Harivelo and Felix Ratelolahy

16. Chimpanzee-parasite ecology at Budongo Forest (Uganda) and the Mahale Mountains (Tanzania): influence of climatic differences on self-medicative behavior / Michael A. Huffman, Paula Pebsworth, Chris Bakuneeta, Shunji Gotoh and Massimo Bardi

PART III. THE ECOLOGY OF PRIMATE–PARASITE INTERACTIONS

17. Primate exposure and the emergence of novel retroviruses / Nathan D. Wolfe and William M. Switzer

18. Overview of parasites infecting howler monkeys, Alouatta sp., and potential consequences of human-howler interactions / Sylvia K. Vitazkova

19. Primate parasite ecology: patterns and predictions from an ongoing study of Japanese macaques / Alexander D. Hernandez, Andrew J. MacIntosh and Michael A. Huffman

20. Crop raiding: the influence of behavioral and nutritional changes on primate-parasite relationships / Anna H. Weyher

21. Can parasites infections be a selective force influencing primate group size? A test with red colobus / Colin A. Chapman, Jessica M. Rothman and Stacey A. M. Hodder

22. How does diet quality affect the parasite ecology of mountain gorillas? / Jessica M. Rothman, Alice N. Pell and Dwight D. Bowman

23. Host-parasite dynamics: connecting primate field data to theory / Colin A. Chapman, Stacey A. M. Hodder and Jessica M. Rothman

PART IV. CONCLUSIONS

24. Ways forward in the study of primate disease ecology / Colin A. Chapman, Michael A. Huffman, Sadie J. Ryan, Raja Sengupta and Tony L. Goldberg

25. Useful diagnostic references and images of protozoans, helminths, and nematodes commonly found in wild primates / Hideo Hasegawa, Colin A. Chapman and Michael A. Huffman

WHERE TO ORDER

ISBN 978-0-521-87246-1 (Hardcover) $126.00

Cambridge University Press
100 Brook Hill Dr.
West Nyack, NY 10994-2133
Tel: 845-353-7500
Fax: 845-353-4141

Website: www.cambridge.org
Link to order online: http://www.cambridge.org/us/catalogue/catalogue.asp?isbn=9780521872461

Posted Date: 2009-11-05

URL: http://library.primate.wisc.edu/collections/books/index.php
File last modified: September 29, 2009