The Guenons: Diversity and Adaptation in African Monkeys

List of Contributors. Preface.

Part I: Evolutionary Biology and Biogeography.

1. The Guenons: An Overview of Taxonomy and Diversity; T.M. Butynski.

2. Y-chromosomal Window onto the History of Terrestrial Adaptation in the Cercopithecini; A.J. Tosi, et al.

3. Molecular Timescale and Gene Tree Incongruence in the Guenons; T. Disotell, R. Raaum.

4. Phylogeny of the Cercopithecus lhoesti Group Revisited: Combining Multiple Character sets; J.-P. Gautier, et al.

5. Terrestriality and the Maintenance of the Disjunct Geographical Distribution in the lhoesti group; B. Kaplin.

6. A Biogeographical Analysis of Central African Guenons; M. Colyn, P. Deleporte.

7. Hybridization Between Red-tailed Monkeys (Cercopithecus ascanius) and Blue Monkeys (C. mitis) in East African forests; K. Detwiler.

8. Genetic Study of Translocated Guenons: Cercopithecus mona on Grenada; K.A. Horsburgh, et al.

Part II: Behavior.

9. Diversity of Guenon Positional Behavior; W.S. McGraw.

10. Unique Behavior of Mona Monkeys, Cercopithecus mona: All-male Groups and Copulation Calls; M.E. Glenn, et al.

11. Group Fission in Red-tailed Guenons (Cercopithecus ascanius) in the Kibale National Park, Uganda; T. Windfelder, J.S. Lwanga.

12. Interindividual Proximity and Surveillance of Associates in Comparative Perspective; A. Treves, P. Baguma.

13. Why Vervets (Cercopithecus aethiops) Live in Multi-male Groups; L.A. Isbell, et al.

14. When are There Influxes in Blue Monkey Groups? M. Cords.

15. Costs and Benefits of Alternative Mating Strategies in Samango Monkey Males; M.C. Macleod, et al.

16. Female Reproductive Endocrinology in Wild Blue Monkeys: a Preliminary Assessment and Discussion of Potential Adaptive Functions; K. Pazol, et al.

17. Grooming and Social Cohesion in Patas Monkeys and Other Female-bonded Guenons; J. Chism, W. Rogers.

18. Development of Mother-infant Relationships and Infant Behavior in Wild Blue Monkeys (Cercopithecus mitis); S.

`The Guenons is encyclopedic in its coverage of this remarkably diverse group of primates. From chapters on evolutionary history, behavior, ecology, and conservation, The Guenons also offers a window into the world of primatology, as seen through the lenses of these monkeys and the researchers who study them. Glenn and Cords should be commended for assembling such an impressive set of contributions from so many guenon experts. This volume will be the standard reference on the guenons for many years to come.'

Karen B. Strier, University of Wisconsin-Madison

`This book is a cornucopia of recently-gathered knowledge about the natural history of Africas most species-rich group of anthropoids. The volume is particularly strong on behavioral ecology, but it also presents important new evolutionary analyses and, in a useful section on conservation, makes practical suggestions to address the growing threats posed to the survival of African primates by ever-increasing habitat loss and hunting.'

John F. Oates, Hunter College

`Guenons are one of the most specifically diverse groups of living primates, but the true extent of their behavioral, ecological, and phylogenetic diversity has remained largely unappreciated. This exciting volume describes many new aspects of guenon biology. The authors use the diversity of guenons to address, and often question, several major tenets of primate socioecology. Most significantly, this volume thoroughly demolishes the view that guenons are a uniform radiation.'

John G. Fleagle, State University of New York at Stony Brook

`A comprehensive and valuable collection and an essential reference for any primatologists. Highly recommended.'

L. Swedell, CUNY Queens College in Choice, November 2003

`The Guenons is encyclopedic in its coverage of this remarkably diverse group of primates. From chapters on evolutionary history, behavior, ecology, and conservation, The Guenons also offers a window into the world of primatology, as seen through the lenses of these monkeys and the researchers who study them. Glenn and Cords should be commended for assembling such an impressive set of contributions from so many guenon experts. This volume will be the standard reference on the guenons for many years to come.'
Karen B. Strier, University of Wisconsin-Madison
`This book is a cornucopia of recently-gathered knowledge about the natural history of Africas most species-rich group of anthropoids. The volume is particularly strong on behavioral ecology, but it also presents important new evolutionary analyses and, in a useful section on conservation, makes practical suggestions to address the growing threats posed to the survival of African primates by ever-increasing habitat loss and hunting.'
John F. Oates, Hunter College
`Guenons are one of the most specifically diverse groups of living primates, but the true extent of their behavioral, ecological, and phylogenetic diversity has remained largely unappreciated. This exciting volume describes many new aspects of guenon biology. The authors use the diversity of guenons to address, and often question, several major tenets of primate socioecology. Most significantly, this volume thoroughly demolishes the view that guenons are a uniform radiation.'
John G. Fleagle, State University of New York at Stony Brook
`A comprehensive and valuable collection and an essential reference for any primatologists. Highly recommended.'
L. Swedell, CUNY Queens Collegein Choice, November 2003