Field and Laboratory Methods in Primatology: A Practical Guide - Hardcover

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0521820049 ISBN 13: 9780521820042

Publisher: Cambridge University Press, 2003

Synopsis

Including valuable advice for those planning a field study, this practical manual for students and researchers studying wild primates provides essential information concerning the technical and practical aspects of field and laboratory methods. The study covers surveys and habituation, remote sensing and GPS, tracking and trapping, non-invasive genetic and endocrine assays, and ethical issues. It will be appropriate for final year undergraduates, postgraduate students and researchers in primatology, behavioral ecology and zoology.

About this title

About the Authors

Joanna M. Setchell is a Post-doctoral Research Fellow at the University of Surrey Roehampton, and the Centre International de Recherches Médicales in Gabon.

Deborah J. Curtis is a Post-doctoral Research Fellow at the University of Surrey Roehampton.

Edition details

• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Publication date: 2003
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0521820049
• ISBN 13: 9780521820042
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 370
• Editor: Setchell Joanna M., Curtis Deborah J.