Research on non‐human primates in the endangered tropical dry forest of Sector Santa
Rosa (SSR), Área de Conservación Guanacaste (ACG), was launched in 1983 and is now …

Aim Capuchin monkey species are widely distributed across Central and South America.
Morphological studies consistently divide the clade into robust and gracile forms, which …

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 …

Female philopatry in mammals is generally associated with ecological and sometimes social
benefits, and often with dispersal by males. Previous studies on dispersal patterns of …

The untufted, or gracile, capuchin monkeys are currently classified in four species, C ebus
albifrons, C. capucinus, C. olivaceus, and C. kaapori, with all but C. kaapori having …

In this chapter, we summarize some fundamental demographic and morphometric data from
the first 15 years of a long-term study of Verreaux's sifaka (Propithecus verreauxi) at Kirindy …

Ruffed lemurs (genus Varecia) are often described as having a flexible social organization,
such that both cohesive (low fission–fusion dynamics) and fluid (high fission–fusion …

Fragmentation and habitat destruction are 2 factors driving the current decline of mammal
populations. Spider monkeys Ateles spp. are some of the first neotropical mammals to go …

A growing body of evidence shows within-population variation in natal dispersal, but the
effects of such variation on social relationships and the kin composition of groups remain …

Primates are a large and diverse order of mammals. They play an important role in studies of
the evolution of sociality because there is considerable diversity in social organization and …