In most social mammals, some females disperse from their natal group while others remain
and breed there throughout their lives but, in a few, females typically disperse after …

We examined the literature on the effects of habitat fragmentation and disturbance on howler
monkeys (genus Alouatta) to (1) identify different threats that may affect howlers in …

The book aims to integrate our understanding of mammalian societies into a novel synthesis
that is relevant to behavioural ecologists, ecologists, and anthropologists. It adopts a …

The gastrointestinal (GI) microbiome contributes significantly to host nutrition and health.
However, relationships involving GI microbes, their hosts and host macrohabitats remain to …

Primates communicate with each other using a wide range of signals: olfactory signals to
mark territories, screams to recruit help while fighting, gestures to request food and facial …

Agroecosystems cover more than one quarter of the global land area (ca. 50 million km2) as
highly simplified (eg pasturelands) or more complex systems (eg polycultures and …

Attempts to explain differences in the size and structure of primate groups have argued that
they are a consequence of variation in the intensity of feeding competition caused by …

Seed dispersal by frugivores is thought to play an important role in the maintenance of
tropical forest diversity. Spider monkeys (Ateles spp.) are amongst the most frugivorous …

Males often face a trade-off between investments in precopulatory and postcopulatory traits
[1], particularly when male-male contest competition determines access to mates [2]. To …

Elevated risk of disease transmission is considered a major cost of sociality, although
empirical evidence supporting this idea remains scant. Variation in spatial cohesion and the …