Foraging for Survival

Stuart A. Altmann

ISBN 10: 0226015955 / ISBN 13: 9780226015958

Published by The University of Chicago Press, US, 1998

About this Item

This text presents the results of a research project carried out on foraging behaviour among African baboons and its consequences for survival and reproduction. Detailed data is provided on the feeding habits of each baboon, with an analysis of its nutrient intake. These figures are then compared with those in optimum diets. The most striking result of this study is that the baboon's subsequent survival and reproductive success could be accurately predicted from what they had eaten as yearlings. The animals with energy intakes closest to the optimum and protein intakes furthest above their requirements were most likely to survive to adulthood and to successfully produce offspring.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Foraging for Survival
• Publisher: The University of Chicago Press, US
• Publication Date: 1998
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0226015955
• ISBN 13: 9780226015958
• Binding: Hardback
• Condition: New
• Weight: 964 grams

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Synopsis

Stuart A. Altmann presents the results of one of the most intensive investigations ever carried out on foraging behavior and its consequences for survival and reproduction.

About the Author

Stuart A. Altmann (1930-2016) was a field biologist. He and his wife, Jeanne Altmann, collaborated on baboon research in Amboseli National Park in Kenya, in one of the world’s best-known long-term field studies of primates. He was a professor at the University of Alberta, Yerkes National Primate Research Center, the University of Chicago, and Princeton University.