By Matt J. Kessler (ed.), Richard G. Rawlins (ed.)
This quantity offers a huge spectrum of study at the Cayo Santiago macaques, a special free-ranging colony of rhesus macaques in Puerto Rico. It contains 13 clinical experiences at the habit and biology of the Cayo Santiago macaques, in addition to an in depth heritage of the colony and a whole bibliography of over 260 medical courses in keeping with paintings at Cayo Santiago from 1938 via 1984. The chapters symbolize examples of either brief- and long term study performed at the island over the last numerous years. a few are stories, supplying a synopsis of advanced longitudinal experiences of habit, vocal verbal exchange, practical morphology, genetics, and inhabitants dynamics. Others record the result of opportunistic reviews of habit or organic surveys. The chapters disguise a huge diversity of issues, yet all proportion a typical dependence at the distinctive lifestyles background and genealogical facts which make the Cayo Santiago macaque colony a major overseas learn source.
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Projections of population growth derived from the data obtained under this protocol have led to more effective colony management. More importantly, the stable population has opened up research opportunities in behavior and biology which cannot be duplicated at any other location. The behavioral section of the volume begins with two very different investigations of infant social development and a detailed examination of the role of vocal communication as a tool for investigating macaque social relationships.
Lee Jones, Richard G. Rawlins, Matt J. Kessler 219 Eleven: Age-Dependent Impairments of the Rhesus Monkey Visual and Musculoskeletal Systems and Apparent Behavioral Consequences C. Jean Derousseau, Laszlo Z. Bito, Paul L. Kaufman 233 Twelve: Joint Mobility as a Function of Age in Free-Ranging Rhesus Monkeys (Macaca mulatta) Jean E. Turnquist 253 Thirteen: The Golden Rhesus Macaques of Cayo Santiago Matt J. Kessler, Richard G. Rawlins, Paul, L. Kaufman 263 Fourteen: An Overview of Blood Group Genetic Studies on the Cayo Santiago Rhesus Monkeys Christine R.
Sade's research program, encompassing a unique blend of viewpoints from anthropology, ecology, ethology, and psychology, demonstrated in concrete fashion the revolutionary insights that flow from well-designed, long-term studies on populations of nonhuman primates subjected to a minimum of disturbance. Tensions were never far below the surface between investigators who saw long-term Page xiii behavioral studies as the unique scientific niche for the Cayo Santiago colony, and more experimentally oriented researchers at the Laboratory of Perinatal Physiology who wanted to use the colony to study the effects of physiological or surgical perturbations, or simply as a source of subjects for laboratory research.