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The squirrel monkey /
The Squirrel Monkey is devoted to the common South American squirrel monkey, Saimiri sciureus. In light of the growing number of squirrel monkeys being established each year in many laboratories, there appeared the need to pool existing knowledge in concise form. The present volume, the first of its...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Otros Autores: | , |
| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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New York :
Academic Press,
1968.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Front Cover; The Squirrel Monkey; Copyright Page; List of Contributors; Preface; Table of Contents; CHAPTER 1. Squirrel Monkey Taxonomy and Supply; I. Introduction; II. Taxonomy; III. Supply; REFERENCES; CHAPTER 2. The Parasites of Saimiri: in the Context of Platyrrhine Parasitism; I. Introduction; II. Review; III. Comment: Ecology, Behavior, and Phylogeny; ACKNOWLEDGMENTS; REFERENCES; CHAPTER 3. Observations of Squirrel Monkeys in a Colombian Forest; I. Introduction; II. The Study Site; III. Methods; IV. Observations; V. Discussion; VI. Conclusions; ACKNOWLEDGMENTS; REFERENCES
- CHAPTER 4. The Squirrel Monkey in a Seminatural Environment1. Introduction; II. The Environment; III. Observational Methods; IV. Chronology of Introduction and Adaptation to the Environment; V. Reproductive Patterns; VI. Population Dynamics and Colony Composition; VII. General Behavior; VIII. Social Behavior; IX. Experimental Projects; X. Notes on Husbandry and Possible Application from This Study; XI. Perspectives; REFERENCES; CHAPTER 5. Some Aspects of Female Reproductive Physiology in the Squirrel Monkey; I. Introduction; II. Reproductive Cyclicity; III. Problems of Reproduction
- ACKNOWLEDGMENTSREFERENCES; CHAPTER 6. Observations on the Relationship between Embryological Development, Time of Conception, and Gestation; I. Introduction; II. Method; III. Observations; IV. Results; CHAPTER 7. Physical Growth and Dental Eruption in Captive-Bred Squirrel Monkeys, Saimiri sciureus (Leticia, Columbia); I. Introduction; II. Materials and Methods; III. Results; IV. Discussion; REFERENCES; CHAPTER 8. Mother-Infant Relations and Early Behavioral Development in the Squirrel Monkey ; I. Introduction; II. Subjects; III. Methodology; IV. Mother
- Infant Relations in Squirrel Monkeys
- v. Infant Independent Behavioral DevelopmentVI. Conclusion; ACKNOWLEDGMENT; REFERENCES; CHAPTER 9. Social Communication in the Squirrel Monkey; I. Introduction; II. Method; III. Results; IV. Summary and Conclusion; ACKNOWLEDGMENTS; REFERENCES; CHAPTER 10. The Learning and Sensory Capacities of the Squirrel Monkey in Phylogenetic Perspective; I. Introduction; II. Comparative Primate Behavior: Approach and Method; III. Learning Set: Its Nature and Value as a Tool for Measuring the Basic Intelligence of Primates; IV. Learning-Set Skills of Saimiri; V. Delayed-Response Skills
- VI. Patterned-String StudiesVII. Operant-Conditioning Studies; VIII. Punishment Effects; IX. Light as a Reinforcer; X. Fear Studies; XI. Curiosity; XII. Maze Learning; XIII. Stereotyped Behaviors; XIV. Sensory Capacities of Saimiri; XV. Discussion; ACKNOWLEDGMENTS; REFERENCES; CHAPTER 11. Brain Mechanisms in the Behavior of the Squirrel Monkey; I. Introduction; II. Characteristic Features of the Squirrel Monkey Brain; III. Techniques for Neurophysiological and Chronic Brain/Behavior Studies; IV. Brain Mechanisms and Behavior; ACKNOWLEDGMENTS; REFERENCES