Table of Contents
Table of Contents
Preface
Introduction
Phylogeny, Molecular Population Genetics and Paleoprimatology
Chapter 1. An Introduction to Neotropical Primates
Joseph M. Shostell and Manuel Ruiz-Garcia (Math, Science, and Technology Department, University of Minnesota Crookston, Crookston, MN, USA, and others)
Chapter 2. The Paleobiology of the Recently-Extinct Platyrrhines of Brazil and the Caribbean
Siobhán B. Cooke, Justin T. Gladman, Lauren B. Halenar, Zachary S. Klukkert, and Alfred L. Rosenberger (Department of Anthropology, Northeastern Illinois University, Chicago, IL, USA, and others)
Chapter 3. Genetic Heterogeneity and Evolutionary Demographic History of the Endemic Colombian Saguinus leucopus (Primates) by Means of DNA Microsatellites and Coalescence Methods
Manuel Ruiz-GarcĂa, Pablo Escobar-Armel, Norberto LeguizamĂłn, and Joseph Mark Shostell (Laboratorio de GenĂ©tica de Poblaciones-BiologĂa Evolutiva. Unidad de GenĂ©tica. Departamento de BiologĂa. Facultad de Ciencias. Pontificia Universidad Javeriana. Bogotá DC, Colombia, and others)
Chapter 4. Diversity of Cebus Species from the Southern Distribution of the Genus
Mariela Nieves and Marta Dolores Mudry (Grupo de InvestigaciĂłn en BiologĂa Evolutiva, Departamento de EcologĂa, GenĂ©tica y EvoluciĂłn, Facultad de Ciencias Exactas y Naturales, Universidad de Buenos Aires, IEGEBA (CONICET-UBA), Ciudad Universitaria, Buenos Aires, Argentina, and others)
Chapter 5. Genetic Structure, Spatial Patterns and Historical Demographic Evolution of White-Throated Capuchin (Cebus capucinus, Cebidae, Primates) Populations of Colombia and Central America by Means of DNA Microsatellites
Manuel Ruiz-GarcĂa and MarĂa Ignacia Castillo (Laboratorio de GenĂ©tica de Poblaciones-BiologĂa Evolutiva. Unidad de GenĂ©tica. Departamento de BiologĂa. Facultad de Ciencias. Pontificia Universidad Javeriana. Bogotá DC., Colombia)
Chapter 6. Invalidation of Three Robust Capuchin Species (Cebus libidinosus pallidus, C. macrocephalus and C. fatuellus; Cebidae, Primates) in the Western Amazon and Orinoco by Analyzing DNA Microsatellites
Manuel Ruiz-GarcĂa, MarĂa Ignacia Castillo, Kelly Luengas-Villamil, and Norberto LeguizamĂłn (Laboratorio de GenĂ©tica de Poblaciones-BiologĂa Evolutiva. Unidad de GenĂ©tica. Departamento de BiologĂa. Facultad de Ciencias. Pontificia Universidad Javeriana. Bogotá DC., Colombia, and others)
Chapter 7. It is Misleading to use Sapajus (Robust Capuchins) as a Genus? A Review of the Evolution of the Capuchins and Suggestions on their Systematics
Manuel Ruiz-GarcĂa, MarĂa Ignacia Castillo and Kelly Luengas-Villamil (Laboratorio de GenĂ©tica de Poblaciones-BiologĂa Evolutiva. Unidad de GenĂ©tica. Departamento de BiologĂa. Facultad de Ciencias. Pontificia Universidad Javeriana. Bogotá DC., Colombia)
Chapter 8. Sex Chromosomes and Sex Determination in Platyrrhini
Steinberg, E.R. and Mudry (Grupo de InvestigaciĂłn en BiologĂa Evolutiva (GIBE) –Departamento de EcologĂa, GenĂ©tica y EvoluciĂłn – Facultad de Ciencias Exactas y Naturales – Universidad de Buenos Aires – Ciudad Universitaria – Buenos Aires – Argentina, and others)
Chapter 9. Can Mitochondrial DNA, Nuclear Microsatellite DNA and Cranial Morphometrics Accurately Discriminate Different Aotus Species (Cebidae)? Some Insights on Population Genetics Parameters and the Phylogeny of the Night Monkeys
Manuel Ruiz-GarcĂa, Adriana Vallejo, Emily Camargo, Diana Alvarez, Norberto Leguizamon, and Hugo Gálvez (Laboratorio de GenĂ©tica de Poblaciones-BiologĂa Evolutiva. Unidad de GenĂ©tica. Departamento de BiologĂa. Facultad de Ciencias. Pontificia Universidad Javeriana. Bogotá DC., Colombia, and others)
Chapter 10. Phylogenetic relationships of Pithecidae and Temporal Splits in Reference to Cebidae and Atelidae by Means of Mitogenomics
Manuel Ruiz-GarcĂa, Geven RodrĂguez, Myreya Pinedo-Castro, and Joseph Mark Shostell (Laboratorio de GenĂ©tica de Poblaciones-BiologĂa Evolutiva. Unidad de GenĂ©tica. Departamento de BiologĂa. Facultad de Ciencias. Pontificia Universidad Javeriana. Bogotá DC., Colombia, and others)
Chapter 11. Microsatellite DNA Analyses of Four Alouatta Species (Atelidae, Primates): Evolutionary Microsatellite Dynamics
Manuel Ruiz-GarcĂa, Pablo Escobar-Armel, Marta Mudry, Marina Ascunce, Gustavo Gutierrez-Espeleta, and Joseph Mark Shostell (Unidad de GenĂ©tica (grupo de GenĂ©tica de Poblaciones-BiologĂa Evolutiva). Departamento de BiologĂa. Facultad de Ciencias. Pontificia Universidad Javeriana. Bogotá DC., Colombia, and others)
Chapter 12. Which Howler Monkey (Alouatta, Atelidae, Primates) Taxa is Living in the Peruvian Madre de Dios River Basin (Southern Peru)? Results from Mitochondrial Gene Analyses and some Insights in the Phylogeny of Alouatta
Manuel Ruiz-GarcĂa, Angela CerĂłn, Myreya Pinedo-Castro, and Gustavo Gutierrez-Espeleta (Laboratorio de GenĂ©tica de Poblaciones-BiologĂa Evolutiva. Unidad de GenĂ©tica. Departamento de BiologĂa. Facultad de Ciencias. Pontificia Universidad Javeriana. Bogotá DC., Colombia, and others)
Chapter 13. Historical Genetic Demography and some Insights into the Systematics of Ateles (Atelidae, Primates) by Means of Diverse Mitochondrial Genes
Manuel Ruiz-GarcĂa, Angela CerĂłn, Myreya Pinedo-Castro, and Gustavo Gutierrez-Espeleta (Laboratorio de GenĂ©tica de Poblaciones-BiologĂa Evolutiva. Unidad de GenĂ©tica. Departamento de BiologĂa. Facultad de Ciencias. Pontificia Universidad Javeriana. Bogotá DC., Colombia, and others)
Conservation Biology
Chapter 14. Capuchin Monkeys in Amazonian Mangrove Areas
R. R. Santos, R. G. Ferreira, A. Araujo (Center for Agrarian and Environmental Sciences, Federal University of MaranhĂŁo, Brazil, and others)
Chapter 15. How does the Colombian Squirrel Monkey Cope with Habitat Fragmentation? Strategies to Survive in Small Fragments
Xyomara Carretero-Pinzon, Thomas R Defler and Manuel Ruiz-Garcia (Laboratorio de GenĂ©tica de Poblaciones-BiologĂa Evolutiva. Unidad de GenĂ©tica. Departamento de BiologĂa. Facultad de Ciencias. Pontificia Universidad Javeriana. Bogotá DC., Colombia, and others)
Chapter 16. Callicebus ornatus, an Endemic Colombian Species: Demography, Behavior and Conservation
Xyomara Carretero-Pinzon and Thomas R Defler (University of Queensland, School of Geography, Planning and Environmental Management, Brisbane, Australia, and others)
Chapter 17. Biogeography and Conservation of the Pitheciines: Sakis, Bearded Sakis and Uacaris (Pithecia, Chiropotes and Cacajao)
Marilyn A. Norconk and Sarah Boyle (Department of Anthropology, Kent State University, Kent OH, USA, and others)
Chapter 18. State of Primates in Northeastern Peru: The Case of the Pacaya-Samiria National Reserve
Pablo Puertas, R. Bodmer and Miguel AntĂşnez (FundaciĂłn Latinoamericana para el TrĂłpico AmazĂłnico (FundAmazonia) – Center for International Forestry Research (CIFOR), and others)
Chapter 19. Current Knowledge on Primate Distribution and Conservation in Bolivia
Heidy Lopez-Strauss, Robert B. Wallace, Nohelia Mercado, and Zulia R. Porcel (Wildlife Conservation Society, La Paz, Bolivia, and others)
Index