Behavioral flexibility in primates : causes and consequences
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Behavioral flexibility in primates : causes and consequences
（Developments in primatology : progress and prospects）
Springer, c2005
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Behavioral flexibility in primates
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Includes bibliographical references and index
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Description
Numerous figures, illustrations, and tables; integration of new literature and concepts into field of primatology; emphasis upon both behavioral and cognitive mechanisms.
Table of Contents
Introduction to Intraindividual Variation of Primate Behavior.- The Costs and Benefits of Behavioral Flexibility to Inclusive Fitness: Dispersal as an Option in Heterogeneous Regimes.- Primate Signatures of Behavioral Flexibility in Heterogeneous Regimes.- Social Cognition and Behavioral Flexibility: Categorical Decision-Making as a Primate Signature.- Female Primates as 'Energy-Maximizers' in Heterogeneous Regimes.- Male Primates: 'Time-Minimizers' in Heterogeneous Regimes.- Intersexual Interactions in Heterogeneous Regimes: Potential Effects of Antagonistic Coevolution in Primate Groups.- Sociosexual Organization and the Expression of Behavioral Flexibility.- Behavioral Flexibility: Interpretations and Prospects.- References.- Index.
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