Kinship and Behavior in Primates

by Bernard Chapais (Editor), Carol M. Berman (Editor)

Overview

This book presents a series of review chapters on the various aspects of primate kinship and behavior, as a fundamental reference for students and professionals interested in primate behavior, ecology and evolution. The relatively new molecular data allow one to assess directly degrees of genetic relatedness and kinship relations between individuals, and a considerable body of data on intergroup variation, based on experimental studies in both free-ranging and captive groups has accumulated, allowing a rather full and satisfying reconsideration of this whole broad area of research. The book should be of considerable interest to students of social evolution and behavioral ecology.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780195148893
Publisher:	Oxford University Press
Publication date:	03/04/2004
Pages:	520
Product dimensions:	9.30(w) x 6.30(h) x 1.40(d)

About the Author

University of Montreal

University of Buffalo

Table of Contents

Contributors1. Introduction: The Kinship Black Box, Bernard Chapais and Carol M. BermanPart I. Who Are Kin? Methodological Advances in Determining Kin Relationships2. Determination of Genealogical Relationships from Genetic Data: A review of Methods and Applications, Philip A. Morin and Tony L. Goldberg3. Noninvasive Genotyping and Field Studies of Free-Ranging Nonhuman Primates, David S. WoodruffPart II. Kin Compositions: Ecological Determinants, Population Genetics, and Demography4. Is There No Place Like Home? Ecological Bases of Female Dispersal and Philopatry and Their Consequences for the Formation of Kin Groups, Lynne A. Isbell5. Dispersal and the Population Genetics of Primate Species, Guy A. Hoelzer, Juan Carlos Morales, and Don J. Melnick6. The Effects of Demographic Variation on Kinship Structure and Behavior in Cercopithecines, David A. HillPart III. Diversity of Effects of Kinship on Behavior7. Matrilineal Kinship and Primate Behavior, Ellen Kapsalis8. Patrilineal Kinship and Primate Behavior, Karen B. Strier9. Kinship and Behavior Among Nongregarious Nocturnal Prosimians: What Do We Really Know?, Leanne T. Nash10. Kinship Structure and Reproductive Skew in Cooperatively Breeding Primates, James Dietz11. Kinship Structure and Its Impact on Behavior in Multilevel Societies, Fernando Colmenares12. The Impact of Kinship on Mating and Reproduction, Andreas Paul and Jutta KuesterPart IV. Kin Bias: Proximate and Functional Processes13. "Recognizing" Kin: Mechanisms, Media, Minds, Modules, and Muddles, Drew Rendall14. Developmental Aspects of Kin Bias in Behavior, Carol M. Berman15. The Recognition of Other Individuals' Kinship Relationships, Dorthy L. Cheyney and Robert M. Seyfarth16. Constraints on Kin Selection in Primate Groups, Bernard Chapais and Patrick BélislePart IV. The Evolutionary Origins of Human Kinship17. Human Kinship: A Continuation of Politics by Other Means?, Lars Rodseth and Richard Wrangham18 Residence Groups Among Hunter-Gatherers: A View of the Claims and Evidence for Patrilocal Bands. , Helen Perich Alvarez19 Mating, Parenting, and the Evolution of Human Pair Bonds. , Kristen HawkesConclusion20 Variation in Nepotistic Regimes and Kin Recognition: A Major Area for Future Research. , Bernard Chapais and Carol M. BermanSpecies IndexSubject Index