Review Of "Primate Responses To Environmental Change" Edited By H. O. Box

Document Type

Book Review

Publication Date

12-1-1991

Published In

Choice

Abstract

Although not a symposium volume, this book's 20 chapters (by 24 authors) are loosely grouped around the behavioral and physiological responses by primates to environmental change. Several papers touch on the social bases of change in reproductive hormones and in stress. Most studies relate to changes in housing of captive populations and will interest zoo or animal care workers. A frequent problem in both field and captive animals is the “temperament” of individual animals and, thus, several studies will interest cognitive scientists. The language is generally nontechnical but there are great differences among the authors. There is an extensive list of references up to 1989, a good index, many graphs and tables, and a few halftone photographs. Because of the specialized and rather narrow coverage of the topic, recommended for primary use in graduate-level academic libraries or those institutions involved in animal care.

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