Field and Laboratory Methods in Primatology
A Practical Guide

A guide to research on wild primates, providing advice on technical and practical aspects of both field and laboratory methods.

Joanna M. Setchell (Edited by), Deborah J. Curtis (Edited by)

9780521142137, Cambridge University Press

Paperback, published 3 February 2011

456 pages, 38 b/w illus. 11 tables
23.3 x 16.7 x 2.1 cm, 0.73 kg

'… a very important resource and a really useful tool …' Mammalia

Building on the success of the first edition and bringing together contributions from a range of experts in the field, the second edition of this guide to research on wild primates covers the latest advances in the field, including new information on field experiments and measuring behaviour. It provides essential information and advice on the technical and practical aspects of both field and laboratory methods, covering topics such as ethnoprimatology; remote sensing; GPS and radio-tracking; trapping and handling; dietary ecology; and non-invasive genetics and endocrinology. This integrated approach opens up new opportunities to study the behavioural ecology of some of the most endangered primates and to collect information on previously studied populations. Chapters include methodological techniques; instructions on collecting, processing and preserving samples/data for later analysis; ethical considerations; comparative costs; and further reading, making this an invaluable tool for postgraduate students and researchers in primatology, behavioural ecology and zoology.

Introduction Deborah J. Curtis, Joanna M. Setchell and Maurico Talebi
1. Human-nonhuman primate interactions: an ethnoprimatological approach Lisa Jones-Engel, Gregory A. Engel and Agustin Fuentes
2. Habituating primates: processes, techniques, variables and ethics Elizabeth A. Williamson and Anna T. C. Feistner
3. Habitat description and phenology Jörg U. Ganzhorn, S. Jacques Rakotondranary and Yedidya R. Ratovonamana
4. Geographic information systems and remote sensing Patrick E. Osborne and Louise Glew
5. Monitoring local weather and climate Julian C. Mayes and Nicholas Pepin
6. Survey and census methods: population distribution and density Caroline Ross and Nigel Reeve
7. Trapping Clifford J. Jolly, Jane E. Phillips-Conroy and Alexandra E. Müller
8. Handling, anaesthesia, health evaluation and biological sampling Steve Unwin, Marc Ancrenaz and Wendi Bailey
9. Morphology, morphometrics and taxonomy Colin Groves and Joanne Harding
10. Marking and radio-tracking Paul E. Honess and David W. Macdonald
11. Field experiments with non-human primates: a tutorial Klaus Zuberbühler and Roman Wittig
12. Feeding ecology, frugivory and seed dispersal J. Lawrence Dew
13. Dietary analysis I: food physics Peter W. Lucas, Daniel Osorio, Nayuta Yamashita, Jonathan F. Prinz, Nathaniel J. Dominy and Brian W. Darvell
14. Dietary analysis II: food chemistry Peter W. Lucas, Richard T. Corlett, Nathaniel J. Dominy, Hafejee C. Essackjee, Pablo Riba-Hernandez, Lawrence Ramsden, Kathryn E. Stoner and Nayuta Yamashita
15. Collecting arthropods and arthropod remains for primate studies Claire M. P. Ozanne, James R. Bell and Daniel G. Weaver
16. Tape-recording primate vocalisations Thomas Geissmann and Stuart Parsons
17. Photography and video for field researchers Noel Rowe and Marc Myers
18. Chronobiological aspects of primate research Hans G. Erkert
19. Thermoregulation and energetics Jutta Schmid
20. Field endocrinology: monitoring hormonal changes in free-ranging primates J. Keith Hodges and Michael Heistermann
21. Collection, storage and analysis of non-invasive genetic material in primate biology Benoît Goossens, Nicola Anthony, Kathryn Jeffery, Mireille Johnson-Bawe and Michael W. Bruford
22. Tips from the bush: an A-Z of suggestions for successful fieldwork Simon K. Bearder, K. Anna, I. Nekaris and Julia N. Lloyd
Index.

Subject Areas: Primates [PSVW79], Zoology & animal sciences [PSV], Evolution [PSAJ], Anthropology [JHM]