Eat or be Eaten Predator Sensitive Foraging Among Primates [Paperback]

Edited work on behavioural strategies of primates in foraging for food, and avoiding being eaten.Predator sensitive foraging is about balancing the need to eat against the need to avoid being eaten. Eat or be Eaten is the first volume to examine all the available information about predator sensitive foraging in primates, and to compare this to what happens in a range of other species. Exploring both natural and experimental work in over 20 primate species, it offers a new perspective on the subject that will generate widespread discussion and spark further research.Predator sensitive foraging is about balancing the need to eat against the need to avoid being eaten. Eat or be Eaten is the first volume to examine all the available information about predator sensitive foraging in primates, and to compare this to what happens in a range of other species. Exploring both natural and experimental work in over 20 primate species, it offers a new perspective on the subject that will generate widespread discussion and spark further research.This volume brings together primary data from a variety of primate species living in both natural habitats and experimental settings, and explores the variables that may play a role in primates' behavioral strategies. Taken together, these studies demonstrate that predator sensitive foraging is relevant to many primates, of various body sizes and group sizes and living in different environments. Eat or be Eaten encourages further discussion and investigation of the subject and will make fascinating reading for researchers and students in primatology, ecology, and animal behavior.Preface; 1. An introduction to predator sensitive foraging Lynne E. Miller; Part I. Biological Variables: 2. Dangers in the dark: are some nocturnal primates afraid of the dark? Simon K. Bearder, K. A. I. Nekaris and Courtney A. Buzzell; 3. Predation sensitive foraging in captive tamarins Mark J. Prescott and Hannah M. Buchanan-Smith; 4. Seeing red: consequence of l1