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NEW PERSPECTIVES IN THE STUDY OF MESOAMERICAN PRIMATES

Distribution, Ecology, Behavior, and Conservation 

Edited by, Alejandro Estrada, Paula A. Garber, Mary Pavelka, and LeAndra Luecke 
 
Springer 
 
FROM THE PUBLISHERS 
 
The purpose of this volume is to present a comprehensive overview of recent advances
in primate field research, ecology, and conservation biology in Mesoamerica.
The overall goal of each contribution is to integrate newly collected field data
with theoretical perspectives drawn from evolutionary biology, socioecology,
biological anthropology, and conservation to identify how our current knowledge
of primate behavior and ecology has moved beyond more traditional approaches.
A corollary to this and an important goal of the volume is to identify geographical
regions and species for which we continue to lack sufficient information, to
develop action plans for future research, and to identify areas for immediate
conservation action. Despite many decades of primate research in Mesoamerica,
much is still unknown concerning the basic ecology and behavior of these species,
demography, current distribution, and conservation status of local populations,
and the effectiveness of conservation policies on primate survivorship. Four
major areas of research are the focus of the volume: Evolutionary Biology and
Biogeography; Population Demography and Ecology; Behavior; and Conservation and
Management Policies. 
 
ABOUT THE EDITORS 
 
Alejandro Estrada 
 
Estacion de Biologia Los Tuxtlas, Instituto de Biologia 
 
Paul A Garber 
 
Department of Anthropology 
  
University of Illinois 
  
LeAndra Luecke 
  
Department of Anthropology 
  
Washington University 
 
Mary S. M. Pavelka 
  
Department of Anthropology 
  
University of Calgary 
  
CONTENTS 
  
List of Contributors       xiii 
 
1. Overview of the Mesoamerican Primate Fauna, Primate Studies, and Conservation
Concerns            1 
  
Alejandro Estrada, Paul A. Garber, Mary S. M. Pavelka, and LeAndra Luecke 
  
PART I TAXONOMY AND BIOGEOGRAPHY       23 
 
Introduction      25 
  
2. Taxonomy and Distributions of Mesoamerican Primates         29 
  
Anthony B. Rylands, Colin P. Gloves, Russell A. Mittermeir, Liliana Cortes-Ortiz,
and Justin J. H. Hines 
  
3. The Biogeographic History of Mesoamerican Primates          81 
  
Susan M. Ford 
  
PART 2 POPULATION RESPONSES TO DISTURBANCE            115 
  
Introduction      117 
  
4. Demographic Features of Alouatta pigra Populations in Extensive and Fragmented
Forests                 121 
  
Sarie Van Belle and Alejandro Estrada 
  
5. Population Structure of Black Howlers (Alouatta pigra) in Southern Belize
and Responses to Hurricane Iris    143 
  
Mary S. M. Pavelka and Colin A. Chapman 
  
6. The Effects of Forest Fragment Age, Isolation, Size, Habitat Type, and Water
Availability on Monkey Density in a Tropical Dry Forest      165 
  
Holly Noelle DeGama-Blanchet and Linda Marie Fedigan 
  
7. Forest Fragmentation and Its Effects on the Feeding Ecology of Black Howlers
(Alouatta pigra) from the Calakmul Area in Mexico         189 
  
Andromeda Rivera and Sophie Calme 
  
8. Intestinal Parasitic Infections in Aloltatta pigra in Tropical Rainforest
in Lacandona, Chiapas, Mexico: Implications for Behavioral Ecology and Conservation  
215 
  
Kathryn E. Stoner and Ana Gonzalez Di Pierro 
  
PART 3 BEHAVIOR AND ECOLOGY         241 
  
Introduction      243 
  
9. Average Body Weight for Mantled Howling Monkeys (Alouatta palliata): An Assessment
of Average Values and Variability         247 
  
Kenneth E. Glander 
  
10. An Exploratory Analysis of Developmental Plasticity in Costa Rican Mantled
Howler Monkeys (Alouatta palliata palliata)            265 
  
Clara B. Jones 
  
11. Travel Patterns and Spatial Mapping in Nicaraguan Mantled Howler Monkeys
(Alouatta palliata)     287 
  
Paul A. Garber and Petra E. Jelinek 
  
12. Use of Landmark Cues to Locate Feeding Sites in Wild Capuchin Monkeys (Cebus
capucinus): An Experimental Field Study   311 
  
Paul A. Garber and Ellen Brown 
  
13. Leap, Bridge, or Ride? Ontogenetic Influences on Positional Behavior in Cebus
and Alouatta           333 
  
Michelle F. Bezanson 
  
14. Food Choice by Juvenile Capuchin Monkeys (Cebus capucinus) in a Tropical
Dry Forest    349 
  
Katherine C. MacKinnon 
  
15. Why Be Alpha Male? Dominance and Reproductive Success in Wild White-Faced
Capuchins (Cebus capucinus)    367 
  
Katharine M. Jack and Linda M. Fedigan 
  
16. Post-conceptive Mating in White-Faced Capuchins, Cebus capucinus: Hormonal
and Sociosexual Patterns of Cycling, Noncycling, and Pregnant Females       
387 
  
Sarah D. Carnegie, Linda M. Fedigan, and Toni E. Ziegler 
  
PART 4 CONSERVATION AND MANAGEMENT POLICIES       411 
  
Introduction      413 
  
17. Growth of a Reintroduced Spider Monkey (Ateles geoffroyi) Population on Barro
Colorado Island, Panama            417 
  
Katharine Milton and Mariah E. Hopkins 
  
18. Primates in Agroecosystems: Conservation Value of Some Agricultural Practices
in Mesoamerican Landscapes        437 
 
Alejandro Estrada, Joel Saenz, Celia Harvey, Eduardo Naranjo, David Munoz, and
Marleny Rosales-Meda 
  
19. Primate Populations in the Protected Forests of Maya Archaeological Sites
in Southern Mexico and Guatemala        471 
  
Alejandro Estrada, Sarie Van Belle, LeAndra Luecke, 
  
and Marleney Rosales-Meda 
  
20. Mapping Primate Populations in the Yucatan Peninsula, Mexico: 
  
A First Assessment       489 
  
Juan Carlos Serio-Silva, Victor Rico-Gray, and Gabriel Ramos-Fernandez 
  
Influences on Positional 
  
21. A Metapopulation Approach to Conserving the Howler Monkey in a Highly Fragmented
Landscape in Los Tuxtlas, Mexico 513 
 
Salvador Mandujano, Luis A. Escobedo-Morales, Rodolfo Palacios-Silva, Victor
Arroyo, and Erika M. Rodriguez-Toledo 
  
22, Quantifying Fragmentation of Black Howler (Atouatta pigra) Habitat after
Hurricane Iris (2001), Southern Belize     539 
  
Shelley M. Alexander, Mary S. M. Pavelka, and Nicola H. Bywater 
  
PART 5 SYNOPSIS AND PERSPECTIVES  561 
  
23. New Perspectives in the Study of Mesoamerican Primates: Concluding Comments
and Conservation Priorities         563 
  
Paul A. Garber, Alejandro Estrada, and Mary S. M. Pavelka 
 
Species Index   585 
  
Subject Index   593 
  
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Posted Date: 12/05/05