Savanna Monkeys
The Genus Chlorocebus

Explores many aspects of the behaviour, genetics, taxonomy and evolution of this genus and its adaptation to multiple environments.

Trudy R. Turner (Author), Christopher A. Schmitt (Author), Jennifer Danzy Cramer (Author)

9780521782944, Cambridge University Press

Hardback, published 21 March 2019

358 pages, 34 b/w illus. 5 tables
23.5 x 15.6 x 2.1 cm, 0.7 kg

'The book arose from a symposium on savanna monkeys and is a well organised collection of 20 chapters … which are usefully grouped together in six parts of the book: Introduction, Taxonomy, Population Genetics, Behavioural Ecology, Life Histories and Ethnoprimatology … there are excellent chapters covering behavioural ecology.' Ray Heaton, The Primate Eye

Living across Africa and the Caribbean, this widely dispersed primate population must adapt to different environmental challenges. How do members of the genus Chlorocebus live in desert-like conditions and in areas with freezing temperatures and snow in winter? This book examines the ways these primates adapt genetically, hormonally, physically and behaviourally to their changing landscapes. It features summary chapters for major topics such as behavioural ecology, life history, taxonomy, genetics and ethnoprimatology. Shorter essays supplement the work, with experts detailing their particular research on these primates. The combination of scholarship provides both a comprehensive view of this adaptable genus while enabling the reader to gain depth in specific topics. Developed from a symposium, this book combines decades of experience working with savanna monkeys into a tangible resource, for students and researchers in primatology as well as evolutionary and behavioural studies.

Preface Trudy R. Turner, Christopher A. Schmitt and Jennifer Danzy Cramer
1. Introduction Trudy R. Turner, Christopher A. Schmitt and Jennifer Danzy Cramer
2. Biological resources for genomic investigation in vervet monkey (Chlorocebus) Anna J. Jasinska
3. Vervet taxonomy Trudy R. Turner, Christopher A. Schmitt and Jennifer Danzy Cramer
4. The promise of vervet genomics Wesley C. Warren and Michael J. Montague
5. African green monkeys as a natural host of SIV Cristian Apetrei, Kevin Raehtz and Ivona Pandrea
6. The vervet microbiome Katherine R. Amato
7. Population genetics Trudy R. Turner, Christopher A. Schmitt and Jennifer Danzy Cramer
8. Population genetic structure of vervet monkeys in South Africa Willem G. Coetzer, Joseph G. Lorenz, Nelson B. Freimer and J. Paul Grobler
9. Behavioral ecology of vervets Trudy R. Turner, Christopher A. Schmitt and Jennifer Danzy Cramer
10. Socioecology of vervet monkeys Patricia Whitten
11. Biological complexity in primate sociality and health Brandi T. Wren
12. Predation and food competition in vervet monkeys (Chlorocebus pygerythrus) Lynne A. Isbell
13. Vervet monkeys' social learning abilities Erica van de Waal
14. Life history Trudy R. Turner, Christopher A. Schmitt and Jennifer Danzy Cramer
15. The social and thermal competence of wild vervet monkeys Richard McFarland, Peter Henzi and Louise Barrett
16. Novelty seeking in vervets: developmental, genetic and environmental influences Lynn A. Fairbanks
17. Measurement of novelty seeking in wild vervet monkeys Maryjka Blaszczyk
18. Causes of variation in the static allometry of morphological structures: a case study with vervet monkeys Rafael L. Rodríguez, Tegan J. Gaetano, J. Paul Grobler and Nelson B. Freimer
19. Ethnoprimatology Trudy R. Turner, Christopher A. Schmitt and Jennifer Danzy Cramer
20. Exploring Caribbean vervet monkeys (Chlorocebus aethiops sabaeus) through an ethnoprimatological lens Kerry M. Dore
21. Vervet monkeys (Chlorocebus pygerythrus), chimpanzees (Pan troglodytes), and humans (Homo sapiens): studying interactions using stable isotope analysis Matt Sponheimer, James E. Loudon, J. Paul Grobler, Kimberly Moyer and Joseph G. Lorenz.

Subject Areas: Primates [PSVW79], Zoology: Mammals [PSVW7], Zoology: Vertebrates [PSVW], Animal ecology [PSVS], Animal behaviour [PSVP], Physical anthropology [JHMP], Anthropology [JHM]