This comprehensive introductory text integrates evolutionary, ecological, and demographic
perspectives with new results from field studies and contemporary noninvasive molecular …

Since its onset in the early 1980s, our ongoing field study of the northern muriqui in
southeastern Brazil has yielded original data on the behavioral ecology, reproductive …

Demographic data are essential to assessments of the status of endangered species.
However, establishing an integrated monitoring program to obtain useful data on …

The Atlantic Forest of South America supports a rich terrestrial biodiversity but has been
reduced to only a small extent of its original forest cover. It hosts a large number of endemic …

Understanding the evolution of primate behavioral diversity requires multilevel approaches
that encompass individuals, populations, and the effects of individuals and populations on …

Levels of reproductive skew vary in wild primates living in multimale groups depending on
the degree to which high-ranking males monopolize access to females. Still, the factors …

Aim Global abundance is an important characteristic of a species that is correlated with
geographical distribution and body size. Despite its importance these estimates are not …

Long‐term field studies of wild primates can have far‐reaching impacts that transcend their
contributions to science. These impacts can benefit not only the study animals, study areas …

Social, ecological, and historical processes affect the genetic structure of primate
populations, and therefore have key implications for the conservation of endangered …

Assessments of the status of endangered species have focused on population sizes, often
without knowledge of demographic and behavioral processes underlying population …