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Evolution of Alu Elements in the Saimiri and Papio Lineages of Primates [PDF]

open access: yes, 2018
Alu elements are approximately 300 base pair (bp) primate specific non- autonomous retrotransposons. Alu elements, a short interspersed element (SINE), account for high copy numbers in all primate genomes.
Baker, Jasmine Nicole Brown
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Food Sharing across Borders [PDF]

open access: yes, 2018
Evolutionary models consider hunting and food sharing to be milestones that paved the way from primate to human societies. Because fossil evidence is scarce, hominoid primates serve as referential models to assess our common ancestors’ capacity in terms ...
A Badrian   +62 more
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Modeling lineage and phenotypic diversification in the New World monkey (Platyrrhini, Primates) radiation [PDF]

open access: yes, 2013
Adaptive radiations that have taken place in the distant past can now be more thoroughly studied with the availability of large molecular phylogenies and comparative data drawn from extant and fossil species.
Arístide, Leandro   +3 more
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Saimiri oerstedii Reinhardt 1872

open access: yes, 1982
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Honacki, James H.   +2 more
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Costs of mating competition limit male lifetime breeding success in polygynous mammals. [PDF]

open access: yes, 2014
This is the accepted version of the paper. The final published version is available from the Royal Society at http://rspb.royalsocietypublishing.org/content/281/1786/20140418.abstract.Although differences in breeding lifespan are an important source of ...
Clutton-Brock, Tim, Lukas, Dieter
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Desarrollo de puentes aéreos para el desplazamiento seguro de monos en Costa Rica

open access: yesCiencias Ambientales
La mortalidad de los monos en Costa Rica se debe, en la mayoría de los casos, a factores antropogénicos, como la deforestación, la fragmentación de los bosques, la falta de conectividad arbórea y el desarrollo turístico en la mayoría de las zonas ...
Ronald Sánchez Porras
doaj   +1 more source

The Evolution of Primate Societies - Chapter 3 [PDF]

open access: yes, 2012
Compared with other primates, New World monkeys display relatively limited ecological variability. New World monkey anatomy and social systems, however, are extremely diverse.
Di Fiore, Anthony   +2 more
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Cost-effective scat-detection dogs: unleashing a powerful new tool for international mammalian conservation biology [PDF]

open access: yes, 2016
Recently, detection dogs have been utilized to collect fecal samples from cryptic and rare mammals. Despite the great promise of this technique for conservation biology, its broader application has been limited by the high cost (tens to hundreds of ...
AD Roeder   +35 more
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Analysis of the Hypothetical Population Structure of the Squirrel Monkey (Saimiri oerstedii) in Panamá [PDF]

open access: yes, 2003
The Central American squirrel monkey (Saimiri oerstedii) is an endemic species from the coast of the Pacific Ocean to southeast Costa Rica and southwest Panama (Hershkovitz, 1984). Three common species (S. ustus, S. sciureus, and S. boliviensis) are found in South America and are distributed in the tropical forests of the Guayanas, the Amazon basin ...
openaire   +1 more source

Habitat Use and Ranging Behavior of Saimiri oerstedii oerstedii on the Pen?nsula de Osa, Costa Rica, and Implications for Conservation [PDF]

open access: yes, 2013
The black-crowned Central American squirrel monkey (Saimiri oerstedii oerstedii) has never been abundant, having been geographically restricted by its preferred habitat of low altitude secondary forest in Costa Rica and Panama. But heavy deforestation in
Singletary, Logan
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