Conservation in fragments, behavioral plasticity, and the use of tools in Neotropical Primates.

KOWALEWSKI, M MARTIN; REGH, JENN

Evolutionary Anthropology

Wiley-Liss, Inc.

Lugar: Stony Brook, NY, USA; Año: 2005 vol. 14 p. 211 - 212

1060-1538

This is a report on the XI Brazilian Congress of Primatology, organized by the Sociedade Brasileira de Primatologia written by invitation of the editors. As primate populations are increasingly threatened by habitat disturbance and loss, as well as other anthropogenic factors, conservation is a growing concern for primatologists. Latin American researchers have been extremely active in addressing primate conservation issues, developing and incorporating novel, creative theoretical and methodological approaches to research, management, and preservation. The ultimate message from these meetings is that habitat loss and fragmentation play enormous roles in affecting population dynamics among nonhuman primates. Long-term demographic, spatial, and ecological data on more populations are required for better understanding of the adaptability of different taxa in the face of anthropogenic disturbances.