Although the behaviour and ecology of primates have been more thoroughly studied than that of any other group of mammals there have been very few attempts to compare the communities of living primates found in different parts of the world. In Primate Communities an international group of experts compares the composition behaviour and ecology of primate communities in Africa Asia Madagascar and South America. They examine the factors underlying the similarities and differences between these communities including their phylogenetic history climate rainfall soil type forest composition competition with other vertebrates and human activities. As it brings together information about primate communities from around the world for the very first time it will quickly become an important source book for researchers in anthropology ecology and conservation and a readable and informative text for undergraduate and graduate students studying primate ecology primate conservation or primate behaviour. Language: English