Seasonality in Primates: Studies of Living and Extinct Human and Non-Human Primates

doi:10.1017/CBO9780511542343

The emergence of the genus Homo is widely linked to the colonization of 'new' highly seasonal savannah habitats. However, until recently, our understanding of the possible impact of seasonality on this shift has been limited because we have little general knowledge of how seasonality affects the lives of primates. This book documents the extent of seasonality in food abundance in tropical woody vegetation, and then presents systematic analyses of the impact of seasonality in food supply on the behavioural ecology of non-human primates. Syntheses in this volume then produce broad generalizations concerning the impact of seasonality on behavioural ecology and reproduction in both human and non-human primates, and apply these insights to primate and human evolution. Written for graduate students and researchers in biological anthropology and behavioural ecology, this is an absorbing account of how seasonality may have affected an important episode in our own evolution.

Review of the hardback:'In this well structured and detailed book Brockman and Schaik discuss the major role that seasonality plays in influencing the ecology and behaviour of primate species … I would highly recommend this book to anyone with an existing interest in primatology or evolutionary anthropology … All in all it offers an interesting and thought-provoking read.'

Hannah E. Parathian - University of Oxford

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Frontmatter
pp i-vi
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Contents
pp vii-viii
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List of contributors
pp ix-xii
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Preface
pp xiii-xiv
- By Diane K. Brockman, University of North Carolina at Charlotte, Charlotte, NC USA, Carel P. van Schaik, University of Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland
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Part I - Introduction
pp 1-2
- By Diane K. Brockman, University of North Carolina at Charlotte, Charlotte, NC USA, Carel P. van Schaik, University of Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland
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1 - Seasonality in primate ecology, reproduction, and life history: an overview
pp 3-20
- By Carel P. van Schaik, Anthropologisches Institut University of Zurich, Winterthurerstrasse 190 CH-8057, Zurich, Switzerland, Diane K. Brockman, Department of Sociology and Anthropology, University of North Carolina at Charlotte, Charlotte NC 28223 USA
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Part II - Seasonal habitats
pp 21-22
- By Diane K. Brockman, University of North Carolina at Charlotte, Charlotte, NC USA, Carel P. van Schaik, University of Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland
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2 - Tropical climates and phenology: a primate perspective
pp 23-54
- By Carel P. van Schaik, Anthropologisches Institut University of Zurich, Winterthurerstrasse 190 CH-8057, Zurich, Switzerland, Kristina R. Pfannes, Center for Tropical Conservation, Duke University Box 90381, Durham, NC 27708–0381 USA
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Part III - Seasonality and behavioral ecology
pp 55-56
- By Diane K. Brockman, University of North Carolina at Charlotte, Charlotte, NC USA, Carel P. van Schaik, University of Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland
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3 - The influence of seasonality on primate diet and ranging
pp 57-104
- By Claire A. Hemingway, Botanical Society of America PO Box 299, St Louis MO 63166–0299 USA, Nora Bynum, Center for Biodiversity and Conservation American Museum of Natural History Central Park West at 79th Street New York NY 10024 USA
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4 - Seasonality in predation risk: varying activity periods in lemurs and other primates
pp 105-128
- By Michele A. Rasmussen, Department of Biological Anthropology and Anatomy Duke University Durham NC 27708 USA
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5 - Physiological adaptations to seasonality in nocturnal primates
pp 129-156
- By Jutta Schmid, Department of Experimental Ecology University of Ulm Albert Einstein Allee 11 D-89069 Ulm Germany, Peter M. Kappeler, Deutsches Primatenzentrum Kellnerweg 4 37077 Göttingen Germany
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6 - Seasonality and long-term change in a savanna environment
pp 157-196
- By Susan C. Alberts, Department of Biology Duke University Box 90338 Durham NC 27708 USA; Institute for Primate Research National Museums of Kenya Nairobi Kenya, Julie A. Hollister-Smith, Department of Biology Duke University Box 90338 Durham NC 27708 USA, Raphael S. Mututua, Amboseli Baboon Research Project Amboseli National Park Kenya; Institute for Primate Research National Museums of Kenya Nairobi Kenya, Serah N. Sayialel, Amboseli Baboon Research Project Amboseli National Park Kenya; Institute for Primate Research National Museums of Kenya Nairobi Kenya, Philip M. Muruthi, African Wildlife Foundation Box 48177 Nairobi Kenya, J. Kinyua Warutere, Amboseli Baboon Research Project Amboseli National Park Kenya; Institute for Primate Research National Museums of Kenya Nairobi Kenya, Jeanne Altmann, Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, Princeton University, Princeton, NJ 08544 USA; Department of Conservation Biology Brookfield Zoo Brookfield, IL USA; Institute for Primate Research National Museums of Kenya, Nairobi, Kenya
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7 - Day length seasonality and the thermal environment
pp 197-214
- By Russell Hill, Evolutionary Anthropology Research Group Department of Anthropology University of Durham 43 Old Elvet, Durham DH1 3HN UK
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8 - Seasonality in hunting by non-human primates
pp 215-242
- By John C. Mitani, Department of Anthropology University of Michigan Ann Arbor MI 48109–1092 USA, David P. Watts, Department of Anthropology Yale University New Haven CT 06520–8277 USA
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9 - Human hunting seasonality
pp 243-266
- By Rebecca Bliege Bird, Department of Anthropological Sciences Stanford University Stanford CA 94305–2117 USA, Douglas W. Bird, Department of Anthropological Sciences Stanford University Stanford CA 94305–2117 USA
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Part IV - Seasonality, reproduction, and social organization
pp 267-268
- By Diane K. Brockman, University of North Carolina at Charlotte, Charlotte, NC USA, Carel P. van Schaik, University of Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland
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10 - Seasonality and reproductive function
pp 269-306
- By Diane K. Brockman, Department of Sociology and Anthropology, University of North Carolina at Charlotte, Charlotte NC 28223 USA, Carel P. van Schaik, Anthropologisches Institut University of Zurich, Winterhurerstrasse 190 CH-8057 Zurich, Switzerland
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11 - Seasonality of primate births in relation to climate
pp 307-350
- By Charles Janson, Department of Ecology and Evolution State University of New York, Stony Brook NY 11794–5245 USA, Jennifer Verdolin, Department of Ecology and Evolution State University of New York, Stony Brook NY 11794–5245 USA
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12 - Energetic responses to food availability in the great apes: implications for hominin evolution
pp 351-378
- By Cheryl D. Knott, Department of Anthropology Harvard University Cambridge, MA 02138 USA
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13 - Human birth seasonality
pp 379-400
- By Peter T. Ellision, Claudia R. Valeggia, Diana S. Sherry
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14 - Seasonality, social organization, and sexual dimorphism in primates
pp 401-442
- By J. Michael Plavcan, Department of Anthropology University of Arkansas, Fayetteville AR 72701 USA, Carel P. van Schaik, Anthropologisches Institut University of Zurich, Winterthurerstrasse 190 CH-8057, Zurich, Switzerland, W. Scott McGraw, Department of Anthropology Ohio State University, Columbus OH 43210 USA
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Part V - Seasonality and community ecology
pp 443-444
- By Diane K. Brockman, University of North Carolina at Charlotte, Charlotte, NC USA, Carel P. van Schaik, University of Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland
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15 - Seasonality and primate communities
pp 445-464
- By Carel P. van Schaik, Anthropologisches Institut University of Zurich, Winterthurerstrasse 190 CH-8057 Zurich, Switzerland, Richard Madden, Biological Anthropology and Anatomy, Duke University Box 90383, Durham NC 27708 USA, Jörg U. Ganzhorn, Department of Animal Ecology and Conservation Hamburg University, Martin-Luther-King Platz 3 20146 Hamburg, Germany
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16 - Primate diversity and environmental seasonality in historical perspective
pp 465-486
- By Nina G. Jablonski, Department of Anthropology California Academy of Sciences, 875 Howard Street, San Francisco, CA 94103–3009 USA
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Part VI - Seasonality and human evolution
pp 487-488
- By Diane K. Brockman, University of North Carolina at Charlotte, Charlotte, NC USA, Carel P. van Schaik, University of Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland
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17 - Tropical and temperate seasonal influences on human evolution
pp 489-518
- By Kaye E. Reed, Department of Anthropology/Institute of Human Origins, Arizona State University, Tempe AZ 85287 USA, Jennifer L. Fish, Max Planck Institute of Molecular Cell Biology and Genetics, Pfotenhauerstrasse 108 01307 Dresden Germany
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18 - Orbital controls on seasonality
pp 519-542
- By John D. Kingston, Department of Anthropology Emory University, Atlanta GA 30322 USA
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19 - What do studies of seasonality in primates tell us about human evolution?
pp 543-570
- By Diane K. Brockman, Department of Sociology and Anthropology University of North Carolina at Charlotte, Charlotte NC 28223 USA
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Index
pp 571-590
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